Pinalerita UFP 11, 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 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 28439: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 13.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tuberositriletes
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? Tuberositriletes sp.
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites echinatus n. sp.
Polypodiisporites echinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Pteridopsida
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? 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
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites sp.
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Retistephanocolpites angeli
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Retistephanocolpites angeli
Retistephanocolpites angeli Leidelmeyer 1966
Retitrescolpites
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Retitrescolpites baculatus n. sp.
Retitrescolpites baculatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Gymnospermopsida
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Laevigatasporites sp., Laevigatasporites tibuensis
Laevigatasporites sp. Potonié and Gelletich 1933
Magnoliopsida
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Echimonocolpites sp., Colombipollis tropicalis, Striatopollis sp., Siltaria sp.
Echimonocolpites sp. der Hammen and de Mutis 1965
Colombipollis tropicalis Sarmiento 1992
Striatopollis sp. Krutzsch 1959
Siltaria sp. Traverse 1955
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites sp., Bombacacidites annae, Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites sp. Couper 1960
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Malvales -
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp.
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp.
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp., Arecipites regio, Longapertites microfoveolatus, Mauritiidites franciscoi
Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Longapertites microfoveolatus Adegoke and Jan du Chene 1975 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites humbertoides, Proxapertites operculatus, Proxapertites psilatus
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
Tetracolporopollenites
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Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp.
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001