Uribe UFP 82, Magdalena Valley, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (7.3° N, 73.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 64.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Paz Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• 0 level is at the base of the La Paz Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; siliciclastic sediments

• Environments range from braided/chute bed-load channels to suspended-load channels.

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 29155: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilastephanoporites
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Psilastephanoporites sp.
Psilastephanoporites sp. Regali et al. 1974
Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp.
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites cursus
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi, Spinizonocolpites aff. baculatus, Spinizonocolpites cf. baculatus, Longapertites proxapertitoides, Racemonocolpites racematus
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. proxapertitoides, var. reticuloides
Racemonocolpites racematus Van der Hammen 1954 palm
Magnoliopsida
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Duplotriporites ariani, Baculamonocolpites sp., Striatopollis catatumbus
Duplotriporites ariani Sarmiento 1992
Baculamonocolpites sp. Sole de Porta 1971
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious, Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Chomotriletes
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Chomotriletes minor
Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970