Pinalerita UFP 43/90/91, Llanos Foothills, Colombia: Middle Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Venezuelites distinctus n. sp. microspore
1 specimen
Zonocostites minor microspore
7 specimens
Retitriporites sp. microspore Ramanujam 1966
1 specimen
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Cyclusphaera scabrata microspore
1 specimen
unclassified
Retistephanocolpites sp. microspore Leidelmeyer 1966
1 specimen
Retistephanocolpites fossulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Crusafontites megagemmatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Psilastephanocolporites fissilis microspore Leidelmeyer 1966
2 specimens
Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
7 specimens
Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
3 specimens
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
16 specimens
Psilabrevitricolporites triangularis microspore (Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001)
1 specimen
n. comb.
Psilamonocolpites medius microspore Van der Hammen 1954
5 specimens
Retitrescolpites baculatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Retitrescolpites magnus microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
4 specimens
n. comb.
? Retitrescolpites irregularis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
Verrutricolporites reticulatus n. sp. microspore
7 specimens
Magnoliopsida
Jandufouria minor n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
? Echitetracolpites sp. microspore Song 1993
1 specimen
? Echitetracolpites tennuiexinatus n. sp. microspore
4 specimens
Gemmamonocolpites perfectus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
? Araliaceoipollenites sp. microspore Potonié 1960
1 specimen
Tetracolporites psilatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
6 specimens
Foveotricolporites sp. microspore Pierce 1961
1 specimen
Foveotricolporites fossulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
3 specimens
Horniella sp. microspore Traverse 1955
1 specimen
Siltaria sp. microspore Traverse 1955
1 specimen
Striatopollis catatumbus microspore Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
1 specimen
Foveotriporites hammenii microspore González-Guzmán 1967
3 specimens
Verrustephanoporites sp. microspore Leidelmeyer 1966
1 specimen
Rhoipites guianensis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
12 specimens
n. comb.
Rhoipites hispidus microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Ericales
Lanagiopollis crassa microspore Frederiksen 1988
63 specimens
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites undulatus microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Echitriporites trianguliformis microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
12 specimens
var. orbicularis
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites clarensis microspore
1 specimen
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites annulatus microspore (Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001)
2 specimens
original and current combination Monoporites annulatus
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Araceae
Proxapertites operculatus microspore Van der Hammen 1956
2 specimens
Proxapertites psilatus microspore Sarmiento 1992
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
4 specimens
Arecipites regio microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
Longapertites sp. microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
1 specimen
Longapertites proxapertitoides microspore Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
2 specimens
var. reticuloides
Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
7 specimens
var. minutus, var. franciscoi
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites sp. microspore Wodehouse 1933
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
10 specimens
Angiospermae - Malvales
Echiperiporites estelae microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites gonzalezii microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Bombacacidites brevis microspore Dueñas 1980
2 specimens
Bombacacidites nacimientoensis microspore Anderson 1960
1 specimen
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Lycopsida
Foveotriletes sp. microspore Van der Hammen and Potonié 1956
1 specimen
Pteridopsida
? Apiculatasporites cingulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
65 specimens
n. comb.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites aff. specious microspore
31 specimens
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis microspore Potonie and Gelletich 1933
4 specimens
Cicatricososporites eocenicus microspore Jansonius and Hills 1976
3 specimens
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Lingulodinium cf. sicula marine palyn
1 specimen
Achomosphaera sp. marine palyn Evitt 1963
1 specimen
Hystrichokolpoma sp. marine palyn Klumpp 1953
1 specimen
Cordosphaeridium inodes marine palyn Sarjeant 1981
4 specimens
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Homotryblium floripes marine palyn
3 specimens
unclassified
Polysphaeridium subtile marine palyn Davey and Williams 1966
2 specimens
Retistephanocolporites festivus microspore González-Guzmán 1967
1 specimen
Tetracolporopollenites maculosus microspore
4 specimens
n. comb.
Tetracolporopollenites sp. microspore Pflug and Thomson 1953
1 specimen
Tetracolporopollenites transversalis microspore
1 specimen
n. comb.
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 4.9° North, 73.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.4° North, 64.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Fernando Local bed:733.7
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:highstand systems tract
Geology comments: Environments range from bed load channels to bay head estuarine deltas.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:29073
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-18 13:51:30 Last modified:2003-03-18 15:51:44
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-18 13:51:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7828. 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]