Uribe UFP 86, Magdalena Valley, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

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

• Environments range from braided/chute bed-load channels to suspended-load channels.

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 29158: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003, edited by Carlos Jaramillo

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Magnoliopsida
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Foveotriporites hammenii, Periretisyncolpites giganteus, Duplotriporites ariani, Brevitricolpites microechinatus n. sp.
Foveotriporites hammenii González-Guzmán 1967
Periretisyncolpites giganteus Kieser and Jan du Chene 1979
Duplotriporites ariani Sarmiento 1992
Brevitricolpites microechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Racemonocolpites facilis, Spinizonocolpites cf. baculatus
Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967 palm
Pteridopsida
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Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp., ? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp., Pteridacidites sp.
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp., Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Tuberositriletes
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Tuberositriletes verrucatus n. sp.
Tuberositriletes verrucatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitriporites
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Retitriporites poricostatus n. sp.
Retitriporites poricostatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanoporites
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Retistephanoporites sp.
Retistephanoporites sp. González-Guzmán 1967
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cyclusphaera scabrata
Tetracolporopollenites
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Tetracolporopollenites maculosus