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 172867: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Podocarpidites sp., Dacrycarpus indet., Dacrydium indet., Phyllocladus indet., Microcachrys indet.
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rhoipites alveolatus Couper 1953 | |
Angiospermae | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Convolvulaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 bindweed | |
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Villarsia "Menyanthaceae" Ventenat 1803 | |
Stylidium indet. Swartz 1805 | |
Ilex indet. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789 | |
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee | |
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Proteaceae "undif.", Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm", Grevillea "Hakea", Hakea "gemmate", Stirlingia "Conospermeae"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather | |
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810 | |
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., Eucalyptus indet., Leptospermum indet., cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Acmena "type", Syzygium "type", cf. Lophostemon indet., Corymbia "Angophora"
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle | |
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Angiospermae | |
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids | |
? Fabaceae "2p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850 | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Rhamnaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 buckthorn
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry | |
Moraceae "Urticaceae 3p" Link 1835 mulberry | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788 | |
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760 | |
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793 | |
Monolete | |
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Monolites cf. alveolatus Couper 1969 | |
Lycopsida | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849 | |
Sphagnum | |
Sphagnum indet. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella indet. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort |