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

Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites psilatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
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 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. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Proteales -
Retidiporites elongatus Sarmiento 1992
 Malvales -
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites sp. Couper 1960
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Sapindales -
Paleosantalaceaepites distinctus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitriporites
  -
Retitriporites amplireticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Pteridopsida
  -
Ischyosporites problematicus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Gymnospermopsida
  -
Laevigatasporites sp. Potonié and Gelletich 1933
Retitrescolpites
  -
Retitrescolpites peculiaris n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitrescolpites saturum Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Psilabrevitricolpites
  -
Psilabrevitricolpites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Echitricolpites
  -
Echitricolpites sp. Regali et al. 1974
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Retistephanocolpites angeli
  -
Retistephanocolpites angeli Leidelmeyer 1966
Tetracolporopollenites
  -
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001