Retitricolpites absolutus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001

Retitricolpites

Full 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

Belongs to Retitricolpites according to A. E. González-Guzmán 1967

See also Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001

Sister taxa: Retitricolpites adeptus, Retitricolpites adultus, Retitricolpites amapaensis, Retitricolpites americana, Retitricolpites antonii, Retitricolpites bonus, Retitricolpites clarensis, Retitricolpites conciliatus, Retitricolpites constrictus, Retitricolpites farafraensis, Retitricolpites fragosus, Retitricolpites georgensis, Retitricolpites geranioides, Retitricolpites herrerae, Retitricolpites heteroreticulatus, Retitricolpites incisus, Retitricolpites jardinei, Retitricolpites magloirae, Retitricolpites maledictus, Retitricolpites marginatus, Retitricolpites maturus, Retitricolpites maximus, Retitricolpites medireticulatus, Retitricolpites megareticulatus, Retitricolpites microreticulatus, Retitricolpites minutus, Retitricolpites obtusus, Retitricolpites operculatus, Retitricolpites perditus, Retitricolpites polaris, Retitricolpites prosimilis, Retitricolpites robustus, Retitricolpites salardae, Retitricolpites simplex, Retitricolpites sitholeyii, Retitricolpites sowunmiae, Retitricolpites variabilis, Retitricolpites vermimurus, Retitricolpites virgeus, Retitricolpites vulgaris

Type specimen: UFP 44, 4.8 x 104.4, a microspore (Pollen grain). Its type locality is Pinalerita UFP 44, Llanos foothills, Colombia, which is in an Eocene fluvial-deltaic claystone/mudstone in the San Fernando Formation of Colombia.

Average measurements (in mm): Pollen grain diameter 0.028

Distribution:

• Eocene of Colombia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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