Bombala - Piperclay Creek MFP 8648 (Paleocene of Australia)

Also known as Cathcart Road

Where: New South Wales, Australia (36.9° S, 149.3° E: paleocoordinates 58.0° S, 154.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and siltstone

• 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 8648.

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 167514: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 20.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• % frecuencies based on count of 200.
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Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites australis
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites circiniidites, Clavifera triplex
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites tuberculiformis
  - Polypodiaceae
Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus, Laevigatosporites ovatus
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
Magnoliopsida
  -
Tricolporites spp., Polycolpites langstonii, Basopollis sp., Periporopollenites polyoratus, Haloragacidites harrisii, Gambierina sp.
Tricolporites spp. Cookson 1947
Basopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Gambierina sp. Harris 1972
cf. Gambierina edwardsii
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladidites reticulosaccatus, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus, Lygistepollenites florinii, Lygistepollenites balmei, Podocarpidites spp., Podocarpidites ellipticus
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Lygistepollenites florinii Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites phillipsii, Tricolpites spp.
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites "sp. 2", Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites "sp. 2" Cookson and Couper 1953
cf. Proteacidites tenuiexinous
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites spp.
Ilexpollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites heterus, Nothofagidites endurus, Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus
Nothofagidites endurus Stover and Evans 1973
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites scabratus
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965 heather
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dilwynites granulatus, Araucariacites australis