Pinalerita UFP 12, 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 hardground claystone

• 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 28440: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 13.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Foveotricolpites
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Foveotricolpites perforatus
Foveotricolpites perforatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Magnoliopsida
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Echimonocolpites sp., Siltaria sp.
Echimonocolpites sp. der Hammen and de Mutis 1965
Siltaria sp. Traverse 1955
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites cursus, Proxapertites operculatus, Proxapertites humbertoides
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites microfoveolatus, Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp., Arecipites regio, Mauritiidites franciscoi
Longapertites microfoveolatus Adegoke and Jan du Chene 1975 palm
Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Syncolporites lisamae
Syncolporites lisamae Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp.
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp.
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Pteridopsida
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Clavatisporites mutisii
Clavatisporites mutisii Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.