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
Lycopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963 | |
Dictyophyllidites arcuatus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984 | |
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Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Phyllites | |
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Angiospermae | |
Sparganiaceaepollenites barungensis Harris 1972 | |
Restionaceae "Centrolepidaceae" Brown 1810 | |
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Liliacidites spp. Couper 1953 | |
"aff. Exocarpus sp." = Exocarpos
"aff. Exocarpus sp." = Exocarpos Labillardière 1800 | |
Gothanipollis bassensis Stover 1973 mistletoe | |
Polycolporopollenites esobalteus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984 knotweed | |
Sphenostemon sp. Baillon 1875 | |
Ilexpollenites anguloclavatus McIntyre 1968 | |
aff. Mackinlaya sp. Mueller 1864 | |
aff. Alyxia sp. Banks and Brown 1810 dogbane | |
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Haloragis sp. Forster and Forster 1775 | |
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aff. Xylomelum sp., Banksieaephyllum laeve, Banksieaephyllum obovatum, Banksieaephyllum pinnatum, Beaupreaidites elegansiformis, Proteacidites cf. callosus, Proteacidites rectomarginis, Proteacidites stipplatus, Proteacidites tuberculatus, Proteacidites obscurus, aff. Orites sp., Banksieaeidites elongatus, Banksieaeidites arcuatus, ? Triporopollenites ambiguus, aff. Helicia "Orites"
Beaupreaidites elegansiformis Cookson 1950
Proteacidites obscurus Cookson 1950
Banksieaeidites arcuatus Stover and Partridge 1973
? Triporopollenites ambiguus Couper 1973
aff. Helicia "Orites" Loureiro 1790 | |
aff. Rapanea sp. Aublet 1775 | |
Gephyrapollenites calathus magnoliids | |
aff. Urticaceae "Moraceae" de Jussieu 1789 nettle | |
aff. Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
aff. Emmenosperma sp. Mueller 1862 buckthorn | |
Cunoniaceae "tricolporate" Brown 1814
aff. Ceratopetalum sp. Smith 1793 | |
Elaeocarpaceae indet. de Candolle 1816 | |
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Nothofagidites sp. Potonié 1960 | |
Nothofagus "subgenera Nothofagus" Blume 1850
Nothofagus "subgenus Lophozonia" Blume 1850 | |
Tricolporopollenites endobalteus McIntyre 1965 spurge | |
Brachychiton sp. Schott and Endlicher 1832 | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
Dodonaea sphaerica soapberry | |
aff. Dysoxylum sp. Blume 1825 mahogany | |
Melicope aff. broadbentiana citrus
aff. Acronychia sp. Forster and Forster 1775 citrus
aff. Flindersia sp. Brown 1810 citrus | |
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceidites eucalyptoides, Myrtaceidites verrucosus, Myrtaceidites parvus, Myrtaceidites mesonesus
Myrtaceidites verrucosus Partridge 1973
Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954 | |
aff. Baeckea "Leptospermum", aff. Baeckea sp., Acmena sp., aff. Calytrix sp., aff. Tristania "sp.1", aff. Tristania "sp.2", aff. Syzygium "sp. 1", aff. Syzygium "sp. 2"
aff. Baeckea "Leptospermum" Linnaeus myrtle
Acmena sp. Candolle 1828 myrtle | |
Ericipites crassiexinus Harris 1972 heather | |
aff. Diospyros sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Sapotaceoidaepollenites rotundus Harris 1972 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Haloragacidites harrisii, Malvacipollis subtilis, Rhoipites sphaerica, Periporopollenites demarcatus
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Malvacipollis subtilis Stover 1973
Periporopollenites demarcatus Stover 1973 | |
Cupressaceae "Taxodiaceae" Gray 1822 cypress | |
Podosporites microsaccatus, Dacrycarpites australiensis, Dacrydium rhomboideum, Dacrydium "sp. 2", Dacrydium "sp. 3", Phyllocladidites paleogenicus, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Podocarpidites spp., Microcachryidites antarcticus, Dacrydiumites florinii
Podosporites microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites paleogenicus podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Dacrydiumites florinii Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp | |
Equisetopsida | |
Agathis sp. Salisbury 1807
Araucaria sp. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Herkosporites elliottii Stover 1973 spikemoss | |
Bacillariophyceae | |
aff. Euodia sp. Bailey 1861 diatom |