Redbank Plains (Eocene of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (27.7° S, 152.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 153.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Redbank Plains Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Overlying basalts dated at 45 Ma, so no younger than Eocene. Paleocene age is possible but Eocene is most widely accepted.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, ferruginous, brown, yellow mudstone

• A shallow, permanent lake with a floor of "mud, decayed vegetable matter and algae"
• The matrix is a dark yellowish brown clay ironstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the UQ

• Material at University of Queensland (UQF)

Primary reference: E. F. Riek. 1954. The fossil Diptera of the Tertiary Redbank Plains Series, Queensland. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 79:58-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125666: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Euporismites balli1
Euporismites balli1 Tillyard 1916 lance lacewing
UQ F.10638(9)
 Mecoptera - Austropanorpidae
Austropanorpa australis n. gen. n. sp.1
Austropanorpa australis n. gen. n. sp.1 Riek 1952 scorpionfly
UQ F. 10634(5), 10636(7) in Riek 1952; UQF.15572 in Riek, 1967
 Mecoptera - Choristidae
Chorista sobrina n. sp.1
Chorista sobrina n. sp.1 Riek 1952 scorpionfly
UQ F.10628(9), 10630(1), 10632(3)
 Hemiptera - Ricaniidae
Scolypopites bryani n. gen. n. sp.2
Scolypopites bryani n. gen. n. sp.2 Tillyard 1924 planthopper
UQ specimen; coll. W.H. Bryan
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Protolimnophila superba n. gen. n. sp.
Protolimnophila superba n. gen. n. sp. Riek 1954 crane fly
UQ F14344
 Diptera -
Muscoidea indet.
Muscoidea indet. Latreille 1802 fly
UQ F14364
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
? Aneura apicalis n. sp., Protasmanina nana n. gen. n. sp.
? Aneura apicalis n. sp. Riek 1954 fungus gnat
UQ F14361-3
Protasmanina nana n. gen. n. sp. Riek 1954 fungus gnat
"many specimens" including UQ F14347 (assumed to be 14 specimens by numbering of others)
 Diptera - Ditomyiidae
"Centrocnemis imperfecta n. sp." = Australosymmerus imperfectus
"Centrocnemis imperfecta n. sp." = Australosymmerus imperfectus Riek 1954 fungus gnat
UQ F14345-6
1Riek 1952; 2Tillyard 1924