Pinalerita UFP 38, Llanos foothills, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 64.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Areniscas de el Limbo Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; gray 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 28862: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 26.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lycopsida
  -
Foveotriletes margaritae, Planisporites sp.
Foveotriletes margaritae Germeraad et al. 1968
Planisporites sp. Knox 1950
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Verrutricolporites
  -
Verrutricolporites reticulatus
Magnoliopsida
  -
Rhoipites guianensis, Baculamonocolpites sp., Baculamonocolpites hammenii n. sp., ? Echitetracolpites sp., Siltaria medius, Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp.
Rhoipites guianensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Baculamonocolpites sp. Sole de Porta 1971
Baculamonocolpites hammenii n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Siltaria medius
n. comb.
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp., Mauritiidites franciscoi, Longapertites proxapertitoides
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. proxapertitoides
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites cursus
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
 Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites pauciporatus n. sp., Monoporopollenites annulatus
Monoporopollenites annulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 grass
n. comb.
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites antonii, Tricolpites clarensis
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp., Echitriporites trianguliformis
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
var. orbicularis
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites sp.
Momipites sp. Wodehouse 1933
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Margocolporites sp., Spirosyncolpites pachyexinatus n. sp.
Margocolporites sp. Ramanajuan 1966 legume
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales -
Lanagiopollis crassa
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanoporites
  -
Retistephanoporites minutiporous n. sp.
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
  -
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Retibrevitricolporites
  -
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp.
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitrescolpites
  -
Retitrescolpites magnus
Retitrescolpites magnus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Psilabrevitricolporites
  -
Psilabrevitricolporites triangularis
Psilabrevitricolporites triangularis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Tetracolporopollenites
  -
Tetracolporopollenites maculosus, ? Tetracolporopollenites sp.
? Tetracolporopollenites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Chomotriletes
  -
Chomotriletes minor
Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970
Verrustephanocolpites
  -
Verrustephanocolpites rugulatus n. sp.
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium subtile
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Homotryblium floripes