Loy Yang M1B (Oligocene to of Australia)

Also known as Morwell Fm.

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.2° S, 146.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 145.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Morwell Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene to Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; coal

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, original sporopollenin, replaced with carbon

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

Primary reference: D. T. Blackburn and I. R. K. Sluiter. 1994. The Oligo-Miocene coal floras of southeastern Australia. In R. S. Hill (ed.), History of the Australian Vegetation: Cretaceous to Recent 328-367 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169006: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 04.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Agathis sp., Agathis yallournensis, Araucaria sp., aff. Araucaria sp., Araucaria lignitici
Agathis sp. Salisbury 1807
Agathis yallournensis
Macrofossil
Araucaria sp. de Jussieu 1789
aff. Araucaria sp. de Jussieu 1789
Macrofossil
Araucaria lignitici Cookson and Duigan 1951
Macrofossil
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
aff. Baeckea "Leptospermum", aff. Baeckea sp., Acmena sp., aff. Syzygium "sp. 1", aff. Syzygium "sp. 2", aff. Calytrix sp., aff. Tristania "sp.1", aff. Tristania "sp.2"
aff. Baeckea sp. Linnaeus myrtle
Macrofossil
Acmena sp. Candolle 1828 myrtle
aff. Syzygium "sp. 1" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
Macrofossil
aff. Syzygium "sp. 2" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
Macrofossil
aff. Calytrix sp. Labillardière 1806 myrtle
Macrofossil
aff. Tristania "sp.1" Brown 1812 water gum
Macrofossil
aff. Tristania "sp.2" Brown 1812 water gum
Macrofossil
 Myrtales -
Myrtaceidites eucalyptoides, Myrtaceidites parvus, Myrtaceidites verrucosus, Myrtaceidites mesonesus
Myrtaceidites parvus Cookson and Pike 1960
forma anesus
Myrtaceidites verrucosus Partridge 1973
Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
aff. Diospyros sp.
aff. Diospyros sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites crassiexinus, aff. Brachyloma sp.
Ericipites crassiexinus Harris 1972 heather
aff. Brachyloma sp. Sonder 1842 heather
Macrofossil
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceoidaepollenites rotundus
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitaceae indet.
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Brachychiton sp.
Brachychiton sp. Schott and Endlicher 1832
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Melicope aff. broadbentiana, aff. Acronychia sp., aff. Flindersia sp.
aff. Acronychia sp. Forster and Forster 1775 citrus
aff. Flindersia sp. Brown 1810 citrus
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Dodonaea sphaerica
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
aff. Dysoxylum sp.
aff. Dysoxylum sp. Blume 1825 mahogany
 Brassicales - Gyrostemonaceae
Gyrostemonaceae indet.
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845
 Rosales - Urticaceae
aff. Urticaceae "Moraceae"
aff. Urticaceae "Moraceae" de Jussieu 1789 nettle
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
aff. Emmenosperma sp.
aff. Emmenosperma sp. Mueller 1862 buckthorn
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
aff. Celtis sp.
aff. Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites endobalteus
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Allocasuarina sp.
Allocasuarina sp. Johnson 1982
Macrofossil
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus "subgenera Nothofagus", Nothofagus "subgenus Lophozonia"
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites sp.
Nothofagidites sp. Potonié 1960
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae "tricolporate", aff. Ceratopetalum sp.
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpaceae indet.
Elaeocarpaceae indet. de Candolle 1816
 Canellales - Winteraceae
Gephyrapollenites calathus
 Proteales -
aff. Darlingia sp.
aff. Darlingia sp. Mueller 1866
Macrofossil
 Proteales - Proteaceae
aff. Orites sp., Proteacidites cf. callosus, Proteacidites rectomarginis, Proteacidites stipplatus, Proteacidites tuberculatus, Proteacidites obscurus, aff. Helicia "Orites", Banksieaeidites elongatus, Banksieaeidites arcuatus, Beaupreaidites elegansiformis, Banksieaephyllum laeve, Banksieaephyllum obovatum, Banksieaephyllum pinnatum, ? Triporopollenites ambiguus, aff. Xylomelum sp.
aff. Orites sp. Brown 1810
Macrofossil
Proteacidites obscurus Cookson 1950
aff. Helicia "Orites" Loureiro 1790
Banksieaeidites arcuatus Stover and Partridge 1973
aff. Xylomelum sp. Smith 1798
Macrofossil
 Saxifragales -
Haloragis sp.
Haloragis sp. Forster and Forster 1775
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polycolporopollenites esobalteus
Polycolporopollenites esobalteus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984 knotweed
 Apiales - Araliaceae
aff. Araliaceae "sp. 2", aff. Mackinlaya sp.
aff. Araliaceae "sp. 2" Jussieu 1789
Macrofossil
aff. Mackinlaya sp. Mueller 1864
 Escalloniales - Escalloniaceae
aff. Geissois sp., Quintinia psilatispora, Quintinia sp.
aff. Geissois sp. Labillardière 1845
Quintinia sp. Candolle 1830
Macrofossil
 Paracryphiales - Paracryphiaceae
Sphenostemon sp.
Sphenostemon sp. Baillon 1875
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites anguloclavatus
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Oleinites willisii
Oleinites willisii Cookson 1947
Macrofossil
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
aff. Alyxia sp.
aff. Alyxia sp. Banks and Brown 1810 dogbane
 Santalales -
"aff. Exocarpus sp." = Exocarpos
"aff. Exocarpus sp." = Exocarpos Labillardière 1800
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Gothanipollis bassensis
Gothanipollis bassensis Stover 1973 mistletoe
 Ericales -
aff. Rapanea sp.
aff. Rapanea sp. Aublet 1775
 Poales - Typhaceae
Sparganiaceaepollenites barungensis
 Poales - Restionaceae
Restionaceae "Centrolepidaceae"
 Poales - Cyperaceae
aff. Gahnia sp.
aff. Gahnia sp. Forster and Forster 1775 sedge
Macrofossil
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites spp.
Liliacidites spp. Couper 1953
Magnoliopsida
  -
Periporopollenites demarcatus, Haloragacidites harrisii, Malvacipollis subtilis, Rhoipites sphaerica
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae "Taxodiaceae"
Cupressaceae "Taxodiaceae" Gray 1822 cypress
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podosporites microsaccatus, Podocarpidites spp., Dacrycarpites australiensis, Dacrydium rhomboideum, Dacrydium "sp. 2", Dacrydium "sp. 3", Phyllocladidites paleogenicus, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus, Dacrydiumites florinii
Podosporites microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Dacrydium rhomboideum podocarp
Macrofossil
Dacrydium "sp. 2" Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Macrofossil
Dacrydium "sp. 3" Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Macrofossil
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Dacrydiumites florinii Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites elliottii
Herkosporites elliottii Stover 1973 spikemoss
Phyllites
  -
Phyllites yallournensis
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
  - Gleicheniaceae
aff. Gleichenia dicarpa, Gleicheniidites circinidites
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Azolla "section Azolla"
Azolla "section Azolla" Lamarck 1783
Macrofossil
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Dictyophyllidites arcuatus
Dictyophyllidites arcuatus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites subtilis
Lycopsida
  -
Foveotriletes balteus
Bacillariophyceae
 Eunotiales - Eunotiaceae
aff. Euodia sp.
aff. Euodia sp. Bailey 1861 diatom