Lynch's Crater L2 (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as 600 - 75 cm

Where: Queensland, Australia (17.4° S, 145.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 145.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Marine isotope record SPECMAP

Environment/lithology: crater lake; peat

• Fresh - humified peat

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, acetic, hydroflouric

• Pollen was counted until at least 150 grains of arboreal taxa had been recorded.

Primary reference: A. P. Kershaw, S. C. Bretherton, and S. Kaars. 2007. A complete pollen record of the last 230 ka from Lynch's Crater, north-eastern Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 251(1):23-45 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168924: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 03.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Agathis sp. Salisbury 1807
Araucaria sp. de Jussieu 1789
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dacrydium sp. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Callitris sp. Ventenat 1808 cypress
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha "Sparganium" Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
Cyperaceae other
Eleocharis sp. Brown 1810 sedge
Machaerina sp. Vahl 1805 sedge
 Poales - Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon sp. Linnaeus 1753 pipewort
 Commelinales -
Philydrum sp. Banks et al. 1788
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Clematis sp. Linnaeus 1753 clematis
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Tinospora sp. Miers 1851
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae "Tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Asteraceae "Liguliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Villarsia sp. Ventenat 1803
 Asterales -
Stylidium sp. Swartz 1805
 Apiales -
Hydrocotyle sp. Linnaeus 1753 water pennywort
 Apiales - Pittosporaceae
Bursaria "sim" Cavanilles 1797
Bursaria sp. Cavanilles 1797
 Apiales -
Oenanthe sp. Linnaeus 1753 water dropwort
 Lamiales - Scrophulariaceae
Eremophila sp. Brown 1810 figwort
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Olea sp. Linnaeus 1753 olive
 Lamiales - Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia sp. Linnaeus 1753 bladderwort
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Asperula sp. Linnaeus 1753 woodruff
Hodgkinsonia sp. Mueller 1861 coffee
 Gentianales - Gentianaceae
Nymphoides sp. Séguier 1754 gentian
 Santalales -
Exocarpos sp. Labillardière 1800
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia sp. Meisner 1841 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Ericales -
Rapanea spp. Aublet 1775
Rapanea comp.
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus "type" L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Syzygium spp. Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
Syzygium complex
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha sp. Linnaeus 1753 spurge
Omalanthus sp. Jussieu 1824 spurge
Drypetes sp. Vahl 1807 spurge
Macaranga sp. Thouars 1806 spurge
Mallotus sp. Loureiro 1790 spurge
 Malpighiales -
Longetia sp. Baillon 1866
Petalostigma sp. Mueller 1857
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia sp. Miller 1758 wattle
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpus sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Alphitonia sp. Reissek and Endlicher 1840 buckthorn
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Urticaceae "Moraceae" de Jussieu 1789 nettle
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
Lonchocarpus spp. Kunth 1825
Lonchocarpus comp.
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Trema sp. Loureiro 1790 hemp
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae "syncolpate" de Jussieu 1789 soapberry
Dodonaea sp. Miller 1758 soapberry
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Rutaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 citrus
Rutaceae other
 Arales - Lemnaceae
Lemna sp. Linnaeus 1753 duckweed
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
unclassified
  -
Pteridophyta "tree" Haeckel 1875
Pteridophyta "Epiphytic" Haeckel 1875
Epiphytic ferns
Pteridophyta "Ground" Haeckel 1875
Ground ferns
Pteridophyta "Sclerophyll" Haeckel 1875
Sclerophyll ferns
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Platycerium sp. Desvaux 1827
  - Dicksoniaceae
Dicksonia sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyathea "psilate" Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteris sp. Linnaeus 1753
Asplenium sp. Linnaeus 1753 spleenwort
Pteridium sp. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia sp. Smith 1793
Monolete
  -
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973
Anthocerotopsida
  -
Anthoceros sp. Linnaeus