Bombala - Cambalong Creek MFP 8699 (Paleocene of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (36.9° S, 149.2° E: paleocoordinates 58.1° S, 154.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lygistepollenites balmei pollen zone, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone

• The lacustrine sediments are thinly bedded and well laminated fine sands, silts and muds consisting predominantly of quartz and kaolinite. Organic rich beds and laminae containing coal, peaty sediments, or more sparse macerated plant debris are characteristic of the sediments.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: chemical

• MFP 8699 (100cm).

Primary reference: G. Taylor, E. M. Truswell, K. G. McQueen and M. C. Brown. 1990. Early Tertiary palaeogeography, landform evolution, and palaeoclimates of the Southern Monaro, N.S.W., Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78(1 - 2):109-134 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167504: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 19.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• % frecuencies based on count of 200.
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites australis
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites sp., Nothofagidites heterus, Nothofagidites flemingii
Nothofagidites sp. Potonié 1960
cf. Nothofagidites emarcidus
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites phillipsii
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites spp.
Ilexpollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites spp.
Liliacidites spp. Couper 1953
Magnoliopsida
  -
Periporopollenites polyoratus
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites spp., Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus, Lygistepollenites balmei
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites tuberculiformis
  - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites sp.
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953
cf. Peromonolites vellosus
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites circiniidites
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites minor
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953