Also known as Wilson Quarry
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 145.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 143.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Proteacidites tuberculatus pollen zone, Early/Lower Oligocene to Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown, yellow mudstone and coarse-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collection methods: chemical
Primary reference: M. S. Pole, R. S. Hill, N. Green and M. K. Macphail. 1993. The Oligocene Berwick Quarry Flora - Rainforest in a Drying Environment. Australian Systematic Botany 6(5):399-427 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167544: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Monocot indet., Specimen "indet. A", Specimen "indet. B", Specimen "indet. C", Specimen "indet. D", Specimen "indet. E", Specimen "indet. F", Pesavis sp., Nupollenites sp.
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Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Dilwynites granulatus Harris 1965
Agathis berwickensis n. sp. Pole et al. 1993 | |
Pseudoschizaea | |
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Lycopsida | |
Foveotriletes lacunosus Partridge 1973 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Ischyosporites lachlanensis, Ischyosporites gremius, Cyathidites sp., Cyathidites subtilis, Matonisporites ornamentalis
Ischyosporites gremius Stover 1973
Matonisporites ornamentalis Partridge 1973 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Polypodiisporites spp. Potonié 1931 | |
Cyathea paleospora scaly tree fern | |
Dictyophyllidites arcuatus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984 | |
"Casuarinites cainozoicus" = Asterophyllites
"Casuarinites cainozoicus" = Asterophyllites | |
"Triletes tuberculiformis" = Trilites tuberculiformis
"Triletes tuberculiformis" = Trilites tuberculiformis Cookson 1947 | |
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Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Angiospermae | |
Cupanieidites orthoteichus soapberry | |
? Cunoniaceae "sp. 'lanceolate'" Brown 1814 Reference specimen: SB292. Referred specimens: SB210 SB217-219 SB222-225 SB228 SB230 SB231 SB234 SB235 SB239 SB243 SB250 SB251 SB261 SB263 SB264 SB284-287 SB290 SB292-303 SB306 SB308 SB310-314 SB316 SB322 SB324 SB325
Callicoma serratifolia Andrews 1809 This is: ocurrence ? Cunoniaceae
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Gymnostoma sp. Johnson 1980 Referred specimens: cones SB265 - SB267, SB271- SB276. stems SB269, SB270, SB277
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Nothofagidites "sp. 1", Nothofagidites "sp. 2", Nothofagidites falcatus, Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus, Nothofagidites asperus, Nothofagidites flemingii
Nothofagidites falcatus Hekel 1972
Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus Harris 1965
Nothofagidites asperus Cookson 1958
Nothofagidites flemingii Potonie 1960 | |
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Dicotyledoneae | |
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965 heather
Ericipites crassiexinus Harris 1972 heather | |
Myrtaceidites eugeniioides Cookson and Pike 1954 | |
Eucalyptus kitsonii Deane 1902 eucalyptus Reference specimen: SB326 - SB330. Referred specimens: SB237, 242, 253, 254, 307, 321, 326, 328, 329, 803 -806.
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Angiospermae | |
Ilexpollenites anguloclavatus McIntyre 1968 | |
Proteaceae indet., Proteacidites annularis, Proteacidites rectomarginus, Proteacidites stipplatus, Proteacidites sp., Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
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Liliacidites lanceolatus Stover 1973 | |
Laurophyllum "sp. 'sinuous'", Laurophyllum "sp. 'thick'", Laurophyllum "sp. 'butterfly'", Laurophyllum "sp. 'smooth'"
Laurophyllum "sp. 'sinuous'" Göppert 1853 laurel Reference specimens: SB209, S279. Referred specimen: SB237
Laurophyllum "sp. 'butterfly'" Göppert 1853 laurel Reference specimen: S277. Referred specimen: SB795 coordinate 96/11.8.
Laurophyllum "sp. 'smooth'" Göppert 1853 laurel Reference specimen: S278. Referred specimen: SB796 coordinates 93.8/9.
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Lygistepollenites florinii, Microcachryidites antarcticus, Dacrycarpus indet., Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Dacrycarpites australiensis, Podocarpidites spp., Microalatidites paleogenicus
Lygistepollenites florinii Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microalatidites paleogenicus Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Periporopollenites versicus, Periporopollenites demarcatus, Rhoipites cissus, Rhoipites sphaerica, Malvacipollis spinyspora, Malvacipollis sp., Ailanthipites paenestriatus, Haloragacidites harrisii, Tricolporites adelaidenis, Tricolporites scabratus, Tricolporites "spp. indet."
Periporopollenites demarcatus Stover 1973
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Tricolporites "spp. indet." Cookson 1947 | |
Bryopsida | |
Concolpites leptos Stover and Partridge 1973 |