Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 60.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arcillas de el Limbo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; mudstone and siliciclastic
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peel or thin section,
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 28417: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 12.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pteridopsida | |
? Scabramonoletes sp. Van der Hammen
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
Psilabrevitricolpites | |
Psilabrevitricolpites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966 | |
Retipollenites | |
Retipollenites sp. González-Guzmán 1967 | |
Psilamonocolpites medius | |
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Psilamonocolpites grandis | |
Psilamonocolpites grandis Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Curvimonocolpites inornatus Leidelmeyer 1966
Periretisyncolpites sp. Kieser and Jan du Chene 1979 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp.
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb | |
Angiospermae | |
Echitriporites sp. Van der Hammen 1956 | |
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp.
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm | |
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968 | |
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Momipites africanus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966 |