Pinalerita UFP 9, Llanos foothills, Colombia (Paleocene of Colombia)

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

• Environments range from bed-load channels and 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 28436: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 13.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp.
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Pteridopsida
  -
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp.
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites vanegensis
Ephedripites vanegensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Psilamonocolpites grandis
  -
Psilamonocolpites grandis
Psilamonocolpites grandis Van der Hammen 1954
Retitrescolpites
  -
Retitrescolpites peculiaris n. sp.
Retitrescolpites peculiaris n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Foveotricolpites
  -
Foveotricolpites perforatus
Foveotricolpites perforatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites protofeoreticulatus n. sp., Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites annae
Bombacacidites sp. Couper 1960
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
 Proteales -
Retidiporites magdalenensis
Retidiporites magdalenensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecipites regio, Mauritiidites franciscoi
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites operculatus, Proxapertites cursus
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966