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 172870: 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
Dilwynites cf. granulatus Harris 1965
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Dacrycarpus indet., Dacrydium indet., Phyllocladus indet., Microcachrys indet.
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 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 | |
Angiospermae | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830 | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Villarsia "Menyanthaceae" Ventenat 1803 | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789 | |
Scrophulariaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 figwort | |
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 | |
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation | |
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 | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather | |
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810 | |
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., Eucalyptus indet., Eucalyptus "spathulata type", Leptospermum indet., cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Acmena "type", Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus", 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
Eucalyptus "spathulata type" 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
Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus" Jack 1822 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 | |
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824 spurge | |
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850
Nothofagus "Lophozonia" Blume 1850 | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Acaena indet. Mutis and Linneaus 1771 rose | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry | |
Moraceae "Urticaceae 3p" Link 1835 mulberry | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Calochlaena "Culcita" Turner and White 1988 | |
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
cf. Lygodium indet. Swartz 1800 climbing fern | |
Pteris indet. Linnaeus 1753
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 | |
Lycopodium indet. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |
Anthocerotopsida | |
Anthoceros indet. Linnaeus |