Bombala - Cambalong Creek MFP 8701 (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 8701 (160 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 167506: 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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Magnoliopsida
  -
Polycolpites langstonii, Haloragacidites harrisii, Periporopollenites polyratus
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladidites reticulosaccatus, Podocarpidites spp., Podocarpidites ellipticus, Microcachryidites antarcticus, Lygistepollenites balmei
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites sp., Nothofagidites heterus, Nothofagidites flemingii
Nothofagidites sp. Potonié 1960
cf. Nothofagidites emarcidus
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites adenanthoides, Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites spp.
Ilexpollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp., Tricolpites phillipsii
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
cf. Tricolpites confessus
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites australis
Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites sp.
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953
cf. Peromonolites vellosus
  - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites sp., Rugulatisporites mallatus
Baculatisporites sp. Thomson and Pflug 1953
cf. Baculatisporites comaumensis
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites tuberculiformis
  - Polypodiaceae
Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus, Laevigatosporites ovatus
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites australis