Bombala - Cambalong Creek MFP 8700 (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 8700 (120 cm).

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 167505: 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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Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites minor
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Bryopsida
  -
Stereisporites sp.
Stereisporites sp. Pflug 1953
Tripunctisporis sp.
Magnoliopsida
  -
Basopollis sp., Tetracolporites spp., Periporopollenites demarcatus, Polycolpites langstonii
Basopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Tetracolporites spp. Couper 1953
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites sp., Nothofagidites flemingii
Nothofagidites sp. Potonié 1960
cf. Nothofagidites emarcidus
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites spp.
Ilexpollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladidites reticulosaccatus, Podocarpidites spp., Lygistepollenites balmei, Lygistepollenites florinii
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Lygistepollenites florinii Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp