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 172875: 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 | |
Angiospermae | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850
Nothofagus "Lophozonia" Blume 1850 | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814 | |
? Fabaceae "3p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
Moraceae "Urticaceae 3p" Link 1835 mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf | |
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather | |
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., Corymbia "Angophora", Leptospermum indet., Acmena "type", cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", cf. Lophostemon indet., Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus", Eucalyptus indet., Eucalyptus "spathulata type"
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus" Jack 1822 myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Eucalyptus "spathulata type" L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus | |
Angiospermae | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Proteaceae "undif.", Hakea "gemmate", cf. Orites indet., Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm", Grevillea "Hakea", cf. Lomatia indet.
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
cf. Orites indet. Brown 1810
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810 | |
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836 | |
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830 | |
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain | |
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee | |
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed
Rumex indet. Linnaeus 1753 dock | |
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Loranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1808 mistletoe | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Dacrycarpus indet., Microcachrys indet., Phyllocladus indet., Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Lagarostrobos indet., Podocarpidites sp., Dacrydium indet., Podocarpus "Prumnopitys"
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Lagarostrobos indet. Quinn 1982 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rhoipites alveolatus Couper 1953 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847 | |
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793 | |
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760 | |
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 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849 |