Pinalerita UFP 32, Llanos foothills, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.4° N, 55.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Areniscas de el Limbo Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone and siliciclastic

• Environments range from bed-load channels to bay-head estuarine deltas.

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 28773: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Verrutricolporites
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Verrutricolporites reticulatus n. sp.
Tuberositriletes
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? Tuberositriletes sp.
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Pteridopsida
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? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp.
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Retitrescolpites
  -
? Retitrescolpites irregularis
? Retitrescolpites irregularis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retibrevitricolporites
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Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp., Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp.
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retisyncolporites
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Retisyncolporites sp.
Retisyncolporites sp. González-Guzmán 1967
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cyclusphaera scabrata
Magnoliopsida
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Striatricolporites sp., Horniella sp., Foveotricolporites sp., Striatopollis catatumbus, Siltaria media
Striatricolporites sp. Leidelmeyer 1966
Horniella sp. Traverse 1955
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
Siltaria media Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites annulatus
Monoporopollenites annulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 grass
n. comb.
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Racemonocolpites sp., Racemonocolpites facilis, Mauritiidites franciscoi, Longapertites proxapertitoides
Racemonocolpites sp. González-Guzmán 1967 palm
Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. proxapertitoides and var. reticuloides
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites humbertoides, Proxapertites psilatus
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cricotriporites macroporus n. sp.
Cricotriporites macroporus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 dogbane
Tetracolporopollenites
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Tetracolporopollenites transversalis