Pinalerita UFP 21, 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 28568: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 19.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp., Polypodiisporites pachyexinatus
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Polypodiisporites pachyexinatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Pteridopsida
  -
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp.
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Hepaticae
  -
Zlivisporis blanensis
Zlivisporis blanensis Pacltova 1961 liverwort
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites operculatus
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites proxapertitoides, Spinizonocolpites pachyexinatus n. sp., Mauritiidites franciscoi
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. proxapertitoides
Spinizonocolpites pachyexinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Syncolporites sp.
Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites annae
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
Magnoliopsida
  -
Striatricolporites sp., Horniella sp., Foveotricolporites sp.
Striatricolporites sp. Leidelmeyer 1966
Horniella sp. Traverse 1955
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanocolpites angeli
  -
Retistephanocolpites angeli
Retistephanocolpites angeli Leidelmeyer 1966
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Psilamonocolpites grandis
  -
Psilamonocolpites grandis
Psilamonocolpites grandis Van der Hammen 1954
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Coronifera sp.
Coronifera sp. Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Tetracolporopollenites
  -
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp.
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001