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 172855: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807 | |
Sphagnum | |
Sphagnum indet. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss | |
Monolete | |
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760 | |
cf. Lygodium indet. Swartz 1800 climbing fern | |
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793 | |
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847 | |
Lycopsida | |
Pteridopsida | |
Monolites cf. alveolatus Couper 1969 | |
Angiospermae | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed | |
Loranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1808 mistletoe | |
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830 | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789 | |
Ilex indet. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Proteaceae "undif.", Hakea "gemmate", cf. Lomatia indet., Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782 | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids | |
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge | |
? Fabaceae "3p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Acaena indet. Mutis and Linneaus 1771 rose | |
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814 | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850 | |
cf. Pelargonium indet. Lheritier and Aiton 1789 geranium | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry | |
Moraceae "Urticaceae 3p" Link 1835 mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Eucalyptus indet., Acmena "type", Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus", cf. Lophostemon indet., Corymbia "Angophora", Leptospermum indet., Syzygium "type"
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus" Jack 1822 myrtle
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry | |
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Dacrydium indet., Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Dacrycarpus indet., Phyllocladus indet., Microcachrys indet., Podocarpidites sp.
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort | |
Selaginella indet. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
Lycopodium indet. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine |