•fine-grained sandstones were exposed in large bluffs. Two prominent

•yellow/grey fine-grained sandstones occur near the top of the

•exposure. Podozamites was found in all lithologies but was sparse in

•fine sands where Ginkgo predominated. Ginkgo was rare in other

•lithologies. Pityophyllum ex gr. nordenskiodii and P. ex gr. staratschinii

•were most frequent in coaly units, whereas abundant large-leaved

•Podozamites commonly occurred as a monodominant taxon in

•bright yellow- or orange-weathering ironstone nodules in carbonaceous

•shales. Equisetites, Birisia alata, Podozamites and Ginkgo ex gr.

•adiantoides were found in the more sandy sediments. Coals up to

•1 m thick were sub-bituminous. Abundant compressed logs, up to

•0.5 m diameter, occur parallel to bedding through the section.

•However, some logs were almost circular indicating early mineralization.

•Calcite and iron minerals permeated all the wood, but the

•growth of calcite crystals enlarged the tracheids and destroyed

•the structure.

•Interpretation. This locality reveals the youngest rocks exposed along

•the river in the Coke Basin syncline. It represents heavily vegetated,

•predominantly interfluve and wooded floodplain environments, including mires subsequently inundated by near channel sediments.

•There appears to be a facies-related heterogeneity in species distribution

•with Pityophyllum producers dominating the stable mires,

•Podozamites producers in slightly more clastic-influenced swamps,

•and Ginkgo associated with the near-channel disturbed sites.