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
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 172833: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthocerotopsida | |
Anthoceros indet. Linnaeus | |
Sphagnum | |
Sphagnum indet. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793 | |
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760 | |
cf. Lygodium indet. Swartz 1800 climbing fern | |
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
Calochlaena "Culcita" Turner and White 1988
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788 | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Monolites cf. alveolatus Couper 1969 | |
Monolete | |
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973 | |
Lycopsida | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodium indet. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort | |
Selaginella indet. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
Angiospermae | |
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids | |
Sparganium indet. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810 | |
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather | |
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Leptospermum indet., Corymbia "Angophora", Eucalyptus indet., Eucalyptus "spathulata type", Acmena "type", cf. Lophostemon indet., Syzygium "type"
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Eucalyptus "spathulata type" L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry | |
Angiospermae | |
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed | |
cf. Oleaceae indet. Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809 | |
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee | |
Villarsia "Menyanthaceae" Ventenat 1803 | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Stylidium indet. Swartz 1805 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Asteraceae "Lactuceae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Ilex indet. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Proteaceae "undif.", Stirlingia "Conospermeae", Grevillea "Hakea", cf. Orites indet., Hakea "gemmate", cf. Lomatia indet., Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31 μm"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
cf. Orites indet. Brown 1810
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31 μm" Linnaeus 1782 | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
? Fabaceae "2p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Rhamnaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 buckthorn
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850
Nothofagus "Lophozonia" Blume 1850 | |
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824 spurge
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814 | |
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Moraceae "Urticaceae 3p" Link 1835 mulberry | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Microcachrys indet., Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Dacrydium indet., Microstrobos indet., Lagarostrobos indet., Dacrycarpus indet., Phyllocladus indet.
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
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
Lagarostrobos indet. Quinn 1982 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rhoipites alveolatus Couper 1953 |