Where: Northern Territory, Australia (11.8° S, 130.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° S, 117.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: M2 foram zone, Bathurst Island Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: core
• The preparations are stored in the Palynological Laboratory of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, A.C.T.; those containing type material are kept in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection of the Bureau.
Primary reference: M. S. Norvick and D. Burger. 1975. Palynology of the Cenomanian of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Department of Minerals and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (151)1-169 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 163512: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 03.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lycopodiopsida | |
Herkosporites proxistriatus, Antulsporites varizonatus, Perotrilites jubatus, Perotrilites oepikii, Perotrilites linearis, Perotrilites majus, Neoraistrickia truncata
Herkosporites proxistriatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Antulsporites varizonatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites jubatus Evans 1970 spikemoss
Perotrilites oepikii Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites linearis Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites majus Evans 1970 spikemoss
Neoraistrickia truncata Potonié 1956 spikemoss | |
Camarozonosporites australiensis Norvick and Burger 1975 clubmoss
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss | |
Lycopodiumsporites austroclavatidites Potonié 1956 clubmoss | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Vitreisporites pallidus Nilsson 1958 | |
Phimopollenites | |
? Phimopollenites "sp." Dettmann 1973 | |
Phimopollenites augathellaensis | |
Phimopollenites augathellaensis Dettman 1973 | |
Asteropollis asteroides | |
Asteropollis asteroides Hedlund and Norris 1968 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis simplex Reiser and Williams 1969 | |
Inaperturopollenites limbatus Balme 1957 | |
Foraminisporis asymmetricus Dettmann 1963 | |
Pinopsida | |
Hoegisporis uniforma Cookson 1961 | |
Podocarpidites "spp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Striatopollis paraneus Singh 1971 | |
Angiospermae | |
Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
Tricolpites variabilis Burger 1970 | |
Liliacidites "spp." Couper 1953
Liliacidites peroreticulatus Singh 1971
Liliacidites cf. kaitangataensis Couper 1953 | |
Bryopsida | |
Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Triporoletes laevigatus Playford 1971
Stoverisporites microverrucatus Burger 1975 | |
Trilobosporites | |
Trilobosporites trioreticulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Foveogleicheniidites confossus | |
Foveogleicheniidites confossus Burger 1975 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Clavifera triplex, Ornamentifera minima, Gleicheniidites cf. trijugatus, Gleicheniidites circinidites
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Ornamentifera minima Norvick and Burger 1975
Gleicheniidites cf. trijugatus Norvick and Burger 1975
Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963 | |
Crybelosporites cf. brenneri Playford 1971 | |
Cicatricosisporites hughesii, Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Appendicisporites "spp.", Appendicisporites distocarinatus
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956
Appendicisporites "spp." Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Appendicisporites distocarinatus Dettmann and Playford 1968 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953 | |
Microfoveolatosporis | |
Microfoveolatosporis canaliculatus Dettmann 1963 | |
Vallizonosporites | |
Vallizonosporites "sp." Döring 1965 |