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 172879: 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 | |
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 | |
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810 | |
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", cf. Lophostemon indet., 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
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry | |
Angiospermae | |
Loranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1808 mistletoe | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P" Ventenant 1799 | |
Muehlenbeckia indet. 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 | |
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830 | |
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil | |
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Beauprea indet. Brongniart and Gris 1871 | |
Proteaceae "undif.", Stirlingia "Conospermeae", Hakea "gemmate", cf. Lomatia indet., Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782 | |
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775 | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Restionaceae "undif." Brown 1810 | |
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 | |
cf. Ascarina indet. Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry | |
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845 | |
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle | |
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn | |
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Nothofagus "Brassospora" Blume 1850
Nothofagus "Lophozonia" Blume 1850 | |
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824 spurge | |
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814 | |
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress | |
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Microcachrys indet., Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Dacrydium indet., Lagarostrobos indet., Dacrycarpus indet., Podocarpidites sp., Phyllocladus indet.
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Lagarostrobos indet. Quinn 1982 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rubipollis oblatus | |
Rubipollis oblatus Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989 |