Bathurst Island N°2, 305.7 m (Cretaceous of Australia)

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: F5 foram zone, Bathurst Island Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone

• The lithology of the sediments indicated shallow, near-coastal deltaic environments, at least in the upper part of the Cenomanian.

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 163505: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 03.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Caprifoliipites
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Caprifoliipites "sp." Wodehouse 1933
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Ornamentifera minima Norvick and Burger 1975
  - Marsileaceae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Appendicisporites "spp." Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Appendicisporites distocarinatus Dettmann and Playford 1968
Pteridopsida
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Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Microfoveolatosporis
  -
Magnoliopsida
  -
Tricolporites distinctus Norvick and Burger 1975
Angiospermae
 Gunnerales -
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Trisaccites microsaccatus Couper 1953 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites "spp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Hoegisporis uniforma Cookson 1961
Alisporites
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Alisporites "spp." Daugherty 1941
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss
Camarozonosporites australiensis Norvick and Burger 1975 clubmoss
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites proxistriatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites majus Evans 1970 spikemoss
Perotrilites oepikii Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites cf. rosewoodensis de Jersey 1959 clubmoss
Equisetopsida
 Anthocerotidae - Anthocerotidae
 Cupressales - Pinidae
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis simplex Reiser and Williams 1969
Asteropollis asteroides
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Asteropollis asteroides Hedlund and Norris 1968
Marchantiopsida
  - Marchantiidae
Bryopsida
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