Uribe UFP 84, 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; sandstone

• 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 29157: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious, Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis
Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Pteridopsida
  -
? Apiculatasporites cingulatus n. sp., ? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp.
? Apiculatasporites cingulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Camarozonosporites sp.
Camarozonosporites sp. Potonié 1956 clubmoss
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cyclusphaera scabrata
Retibrevitricolporites
  -
Retibrevitricolporites specious n. sp., Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp.
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
  -
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Magnoliopsida
  -
Foveotriporites hammenii, Gemmamonocolpites sp., ? Araliaceoipollenites sp., ? Striatopollis tennuistriatus n. sp., Striatopollis catatumbus, Siltaria sp.
Foveotriporites hammenii González-Guzmán 1967
Gemmamonocolpites sp. Van der Hammen and Garcia 1966
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
Siltaria sp. Traverse 1955
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cricotriporites guianensis
Cricotriporites guianensis Leidelmeyer 1966 dogbane
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Racemonocolpites facilis, Mauritiidites franciscoi
Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi, var. reticulatus, var. pachyexinatus
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites operculatus
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956