Where: Colombia (7.3° N, 73.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 64.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Paz Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• 0 level is at the base of the La Paz Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
Primary reference: C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher. 2001. Middle Paleogene palynology of Central Colombia, South America: A study of pollen and spores from tropical latitudes. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258(4-6):87-213 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/C. Jaramillo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 29155: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Psilastephanoporites | |
Psilastephanoporites sp. Regali et al. 1974 | |
Psilamonocolpites medius | |
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Angiospermae | |
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume | |
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp.
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966 | |
Mauritiidites franciscoi, Spinizonocolpites aff. baculatus, Spinizonocolpites cf. baculatus, Longapertites proxapertitoides, Racemonocolpites racematus
Spinizonocolpites aff. baculatus Muller 1968 palm
Spinizonocolpites cf. baculatus Muller 1968 palm
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm var. proxapertitoides, var. reticuloides
Racemonocolpites racematus Van der Hammen 1954 palm | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Duplotriporites ariani Sarmiento 1992
Baculamonocolpites sp. Sole de Porta 1971
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
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Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931 | |
Chomotriletes | |
Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970 |