Bathurst Island N°2, 60.9 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 163514: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 03.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Asteropollis asteroides
  -
Asteropollis asteroides Hedlund and Norris 1968
Senectotetradites fistulosus
  -
Senectotetradites varireticulatus
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Phimopollenites augathellaensis
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Cupuliferoidaepollenites
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Balmeisporites glenelgensis Cookson and Dettman 1958
Classopollis simplex Reiser and Williams 1969
 Cupressales - Pinidae
 Anthocerotidae - Anthocerotidae
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites "spp." Daugherty 1941
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Hoegisporis uniforma Cookson 1961
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Trisaccites microsaccatus Couper 1953 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
  -
Tricolporites distinctus Norvick and Burger 1975
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
 Gunnerales -
Trilobosporites
  -
Trilobosporites trioreticulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
  - Marsileaceae
  -
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites cf. trijugatus Norvick and Burger 1975
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Microfoveolatosporis
  -
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Bryopsida
  -
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 oepikii Norvick and Burger 1975 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
Lycopodiumsporites cf. rosewoodensis de Jersey 1959 clubmoss