Pinalerita UFP 47, Llanos foothills, Colombia: Middle Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Retistephanocolpites fossulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
8 specimens
Retistephanoporites angelicus microspore González-Guzmán 1967
7 specimens
Psilastephanocolporites fissilis microspore Leidelmeyer 1966
2 specimens
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
30 specimens
Psilamonocolpites medius microspore Van der Hammen 1954
3 specimens
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Cyclusphaera scabrata microspore
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites undulatus microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Ericales
Lanagiopollis crassa microspore Frederiksen 1988
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Malvales
Echiperiporites estelae microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
5 specimens
Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites brevis microspore Dueñas 1980
7 specimens
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis microspore González-Guzmán 1967
8 specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
11 specimens
Angiospermae - Fagales
Nothofagidites huertasii microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
13 specimens
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites sp. microspore Couper 1953
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites trianguliformis microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
3 specimens
var. orbicularis
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Araceae
Proxapertites operculatus microspore Van der Hammen 1956
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites annulatus microspore (Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001)
3 specimens
original and current combination Monoporites annulatus
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
9 specimens
var. minutus, var. franciscoi
Angiospermae - Arecales
Clavamonocolpites sp. microspore González-Guzmán 1967
4 specimens
Magnoliopsida
Tetracolporites psilatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
4 specimens
Parsonsidites sp. microspore Couper 1960
1 specimen
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
? Echitetracolpites sp. microspore Song 1993
1 specimen
Striatopollis catatumbus microspore Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
2 specimens
? Rhoipites sp. microspore Wodehouse 1933
1 specimen
Rhoipites guianensis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
5 specimens
n. comb.
Siltaria sp. microspore Traverse 1955
2 specimens
Foveotricolporites rugulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Jandufouria minor n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Foveotriporites hammenii microspore González-Guzmán 1967
1 specimen
Horniella sp. microspore Traverse 1955
1 specimen
unclassified
Retitriporites poricostatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
27 specimens
n. comb.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites aff. specious microspore
12 specimens
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricososporites eocenicus microspore Jansonius and Hills 1976
1 specimen
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis microspore Potonie and Gelletich 1933
15 specimens
unclassified
Tuberositriletes verrucatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Retistephanocolporites festivus microspore González-Guzmán 1967
2 specimens
Tetracolporopollenites maculosus microspore
3 specimens
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
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Fernando Local bed:766.8
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green 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:29077
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-18 14:03:14 Last modified:2003-03-18 16:03:28
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-18 14:03:14
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]