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 172873: 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 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella indet. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort | |
Lycopodium indet. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |
Sphagnum | |
Sphagnum indet. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Dacrydium indet., Phyllocladus indet., Dacrycarpus indet., Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Microcachrys indet., Podocarpidites sp., Microstrobos indet.
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microstrobos indet. Garden and Johnson 1950 podocarp | |
Angiospermae | |
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae indet., Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Corymbia "Angophora", Acmena "type", Leptospermum indet., Syzygium "type", cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Eucalyptus indet., cf. Lophostemon indet.
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle | |
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810 | |
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather | |
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Angiospermae | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Sparganium indet. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed | |
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Lophozonia" Blume 1850
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850 | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824 spurge
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge | |
Polygalaceae indet. von Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809 milkwort | |
? Fabaceae "2p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
Moraceae "Urticaceae 3p" Link 1835 mulberry | |
Ranunculaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 buttercup | |
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Ilex indet. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Villarsia "Menyanthaceae" Ventenat 1803 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830 | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789 | |
Scrophulariaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 figwort | |
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
cf. Oleaceae indet. Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809 | |
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation | |
Rumex indet. Linnaeus 1753 dock
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed | |
Drosera indet. Linnaeus 1753 sundew | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Convolvulaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 bindweed | |
Proteaceae "undif.", Banksia "major 31μm", Banksia "minor 30μm", Hakea "gemmate", Grevillea "Hakea", Isopogon indet., cf. Lomatia indet., Stirlingia "Conospermeae"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
Isopogon indet. Brown and Knight 1809
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837 | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Malvacipollis cf. diversus Harris 1965
Rhoipites alveolatus Couper 1953 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Monolites cf. alveolatus Couper 1969 | |
Monolete | |
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Calochlaena "Culcita" Turner and White 1988
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847 | |
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793 | |
cf. Lygodium indet. Swartz 1800 climbing fern | |
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760 | |
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807 |