Where: South Australia, Australia (37.4° S, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 70.3° S, 117.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Runnymede Formation), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, micaceous, gray, green siltstone
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 164524: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 04.12.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites | |
Tripartina variabilis | |
Tripartina cf. variabilis Maljavikina 1949 | |
Krauselisporites | |
Alisporites | |
Alisporites grandis Dettmann 1963 | |
Podocarpidites cf. ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Crybelosporites striatus Dettmann 1963 | |
Biretisporites cf. potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Cicatricosisporites pseudotripartitus, Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Cicatricosisporites hughesii
Cicatricosisporites pseudotripartitus Dettmann 1963
Cicatricosisporites australiensis PotoniƩ 1956
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963 | |
Gleicheniidites cf. circinidites Dettmann 1963 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites punctatus, Cyathidites asper, Cyathidites australis, Cyathidites minor, Osmundacidites wellmani
Cyathidites punctatus Delcourt et al. 1963
Cyathidites asper Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Osmundacidites wellmani Couper 1953 | |
Coptospora paradoxa | |
Coptospora paradoxa Dettmann 1963 | |
Rouseisporites | |
Rouseisporites simplex Dettmann 1963 | |
Rouseisporites reticulatus | |
Rouseisporites reticulatus Pocock 1962 | |
Bryopsida | |
Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites verrucosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss | |
Lycopodiumsporites austroclavatidites PotoniƩ 1956 clubmoss
Lycopodiumsporites reticulumsporites Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Schizosporis parvus | |
Schizosporis parvus Cookson and Dettmann 1959 |