S-2 (100-200 cm) (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Stony Creek Basin

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.6° S, 144.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 144.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Between 1.555 & 1.835 Ma.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified, massive, black, green, silty claystone and sandy siltstone

• Small paleolake (<10 ha)
• organic-rich, silty clay sediment.

Size class: microfossils

• Plant macrofossils and insects.

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collected in 2000

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve

• c. 40-m-long sediment core.

Primary reference: J. M. K. Sniderman. 2011. Early Pleistocene vegetation change in upland south-eastern Australia. Journal of Biogeography 38(8):1456-1470 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172832: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Trilete indet.
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus "spores"
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia indet.
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteridium indet.
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyathea indet.
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
  - Dicksoniaceae
Dicksonia indet.
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet.
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
Pteridopsida
  -
Monolites cf. alveolatus
Monolete
  -
Monolete "psilate"
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973
Lycopsida
  -
cf. Foveotriletes balteus
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucaria indet.
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales - Isoetaceae
Isoetes indet.
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella indet.
Selaginella indet. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss
Angiospermae
 Canellales - Winteraceae
Winteraceae indet.
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids
 Typhales - Commelinidae
Sparganium indet.
Sparganium indet. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed
 Alismatales - Juncaginaceae
Triglochin "Typha"
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Epacridaceae
Leucopogon indet.
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Monotoca indet.
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Myrsine indet.
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae "10/12micron", Myrtaceae indet., cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Corymbia "Angophora", Eucalyptus indet.
Myrtaceae "10/12micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Angiospermae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae indet.
Ranunculaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 buttercup
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae indet.
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae "amaranthaceae minor 10P"
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago indet.
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Coprosma indet.
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee
 Asterales - Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae indet.
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae"
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum indet., Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon"
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil
 Saxifragales -
Haloragis "Gonocarpus"
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteaceae "undif.", Stirlingia "Conospermeae", Grevillea "Hakea", Hakea "gemmate", cf. Lomatia indet., Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Restionaceae
Restionaceae "undif."
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae "undif."
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Brassicales - Gyrostemonaceae
Gyrostemonaceae indet.
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845
 Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
Pimelea indet.
Pimelea indet. Banks and Gaertner 1878
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia "equivalents"
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Pomaderris indet.
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae indet.
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus "Brassospora"
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Amperea indet.
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824 spurge
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
cf. Garcinia cuspidata
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae "3C"
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet.
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Microcachrys indet., Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Dacrydium indet., Microstrobos indet., Dacrycarpus indet., Podocarpidites sp., Phyllocladus indet.
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Microstrobos indet. Garden and Johnson 1950 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp