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; 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 29159: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Pteridopsida | |
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Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Pteridacidites sp. Sah 1967
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
|
Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984 | |
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| Magnoliopsida | |
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Brevitricolpites microechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967 palm | |
Bombacacidites simplireticulatus n. sp., Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites simplireticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Equisetopsida | |