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 (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• 0 level is at the base of the La Paz Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone
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 29156: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Psilamonocolpites medius | |
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Pteridopsida | |
? Apiculatasporites cingulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Angiospermae | |
Bombacacidites brevis Dueñas 1980
Bombacacidites nacimientoensis Anderson 1960
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume | |
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? Tetracolporopollenites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Retistephanocolporites festivus González-Guzmán 1967
Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970 |