Bathurst Island N°2, 91.1 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: M2 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 163513: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 03.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Asteropollis asteroides
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Asteropollis asteroides Hedlund and Norris 1968
Phimopollenites augathellaensis
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Cupuliferoidaepollenites
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Fraxinoipollenites
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Fraxinoipollenites variformis Norvick and Burger 1975
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis simplex Reiser and Williams 1969
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites "spp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
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Tricolporites distinctus Norvick and Burger 1975
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Trilobosporites
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Trilobosporites trioreticulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Foveogleicheniidites confossus
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Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
  - Marsileaceae
  -
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Appendicisporites "spp." Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Appendicisporites distocarinatus Dettmann and Playford 1968
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites cf. trijugatus Norvick and Burger 1975
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Bryopsida
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Marchantiopsida
  - Marchantiidae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites "spp." Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
 Caytoniales -
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites proxistriatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Antulsporites varizonatus Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites majus Evans 1970 spikemoss
Perotrilites linearis Norvick and Burger 1975 spikemoss
Perotrilites jubatus Evans 1970 spikemoss
 Selaginellales -
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss
Camarozonosporites australiensis Norvick and Burger 1975 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae