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 163509: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 03.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteropollis asteroides | |
Asteropollis asteroides Hedlund and Norris 1968 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis "sp." Pflug 1953
Classopollis simplex Reiser and Williams 1969 | |
Inaperturopollenites limbatus Balme 1957 | |
Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Dettmann 1963
Foraminisporis asymmetricus Dettmann 1963 | |
Pinopsida | |
Hoegisporis uniforma Cookson 1961 | |
Trisaccites microsaccatus Couper 1953 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Striatopollis paraneus Singh 1971 | |
Angiospermae | |
Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
Foveogleicheniidites confossus | |
Foveogleicheniidites confossus Burger 1975 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Crybelosporites cf. brenneri Playford 1971 | |
Appendicisporites "spp." Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Appendicisporites distocarinatus Dettmann and Playford 1968
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956 | |
Gleicheniidites cf. trijugatus, Gleicheniidites circinidites, Clavifera triplex, Ornamentifera minima
Gleicheniidites cf. trijugatus Norvick and Burger 1975
Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Ornamentifera minima Norvick and Burger 1975 | |
Microfoveolatosporis | |
Microfoveolatosporis canaliculatus Dettmann 1963 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953 | |
Bryopsida | |
Stereisporites "sp." Pflug 1953
Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Triporoletes laevigatus Playford 1971
Stoverisporites microverrucatus Burger 1975 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Vitreisporites pallidus Nilsson 1958 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Herkosporites proxistriatus, Antulsporites varizonatus, Perotrilites oepikii, Perotrilites majus, Perotrilites linearis, Perotrilites jubatus
Herkosporites proxistriatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Antulsporites varizonatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites oepikii Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites majus Evans 1970 spikemoss
Perotrilites linearis Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites jubatus Evans 1970 spikemoss | |
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss
Camarozonosporites australiensis Norvick and Burger 1975 clubmoss | |
Lycopodiumsporites austroclavatidites Potonié 1956 clubmoss | |
Vallizonosporites | |
Vallizonosporites "sp." Döring 1965 |