Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 4.1° N, 59.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Areniscas de el Limbo Formation, Middle Eocene (48.1 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; siliciclastic sediments
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 28776: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.02.2003, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Lycopsida | |
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? Planisporites sp. Knox 1950 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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| Equisetopsida | |
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Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
| Psilastephanocolporites | |
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Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Retibrevitricolporites | |
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Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Horniella sp. Traverse 1955 | |
| Angiospermae | |
Mauritiidites franciscoi franciscoi, Mauritiidites franciscoi pachyexinatus, Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp.
Mauritiidites franciscoi franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi pachyexinatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm | |
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Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953 | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume | |
| Tetracolporopollenites | |
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