Pinalerita UFP 15, 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 28563: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 19.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites psilatus
Corsinipollenites psilatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecipites regio, Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp., Mauritiidites franciscoi
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites humbertoides, Proxapertites cursus, Proxapertites operculatus
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp.
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Proteales -
Retidiporites elongatus
Retidiporites elongatus Sarmiento 1992
 Malvales -
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp.
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 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
 Sapindales -
Paleosantalaceaepites distinctus n. sp.
Paleosantalaceaepites distinctus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitriporites
  -
Retitriporites amplireticulatus n. sp.
Retitriporites amplireticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Pteridopsida
  -
Ischyosporites problematicus n. sp., Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp.
Ischyosporites problematicus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Gymnospermopsida
  -
Laevigatasporites sp., Laevigatasporites tibuensis
Laevigatasporites sp. Potonié and Gelletich 1933
Retitrescolpites
  -
Retitrescolpites peculiaris n. sp., Retitrescolpites saturum
Retitrescolpites peculiaris n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitrescolpites saturum Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Psilabrevitricolpites
  -
Psilabrevitricolpites sp.
Psilabrevitricolpites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Echitricolpites
  -
Echitricolpites sp.
Echitricolpites sp. Regali et al. 1974
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Retistephanocolpites angeli
  -
Retistephanocolpites angeli
Retistephanocolpites angeli Leidelmeyer 1966
Tetracolporopollenites
  -
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp.
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001