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 172871: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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 | |
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
Dilwynites cf. granulatus Harris 1965
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort | |
Angiospermae | |
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids | |
Sparganium indet. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
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., Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus", Acmena "type", 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
Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus" Jack 1822 myrtle
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry | |
Angiospermae | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed | |
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Ilex indet. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789 | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830 | |
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782 | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Ripogonum indet. Forster and Forster 1776 | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry | |
cf. Geranium indet. Linnaeus 1753 geranium | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
? Fabaceae "3p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Acaena indet. Mutis and Linneaus 1771 rose | |
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850 | |
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814 | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Dacrydium indet., Dacrycarpus indet., Podocarpidites sp., Phyllocladus indet.
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Malvacipollis cf. diversus Harris 1965
Rhoipites alveolatus Couper 1953 |