Haddon Downs Bore No.5 between 452 ft 7 in and 1,406 ft (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (27.4° S, 140.4° E: paleocoordinates 57.0° S, 128.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Winton Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

• Exposures of the Winton Formation occur in the NE part of the state and consist of shales, siltstones, sandstones, and interbedded layers of sandy limestones comprising a thickness of 350 ft

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

Primary reference: M. E. Dettmann. 1963. Upper Mesozoic microfloras from South-Eastern. Procidings of Royal Society of Victoria (77)1-176 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163584: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 05.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
 Anthocerotidae - Anthocerotidae
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites grandis Dettmann 1963
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites cf. ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podosporites microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Velosporites
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Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
  - Marsileaceae
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Osmundaceae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  - Gleicheniaceae
Pteridopsida
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Cyathidites asper Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Rouseisporites reticulatus
  -
Bryopsida
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Neoraistrickia truncata Potonié 1956 spikemoss
 Selaginellales -
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites nodosus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
Schizosporis sprigii
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Schizosporis sprigii Cookson and Dettman 1959
Schizosporis parvus
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Schizosporis parvus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Schizosporis reticulatus
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Schizosporis reticulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Schizosporis rugulatus
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Schizosporis rugulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959