ALCOA Anglesea Site I Mesophyll lens: Middle Eocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Serrate I indet. leaf, cuticle
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
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informal Serrate II indet. leaf, cuticle
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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informal Notophyll II indet. leaf, cuticle
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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informal Others taxa indet. leaf, cuticle
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70 %-specimens | ||||||
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Gymnospermae
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Gymnospermae indet. microspore
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| replaced by Pinophyta | |||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Haloragacidites harrisii microspore
Mildenhall and Harris 1971
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Cupanieidites spp. microspore
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Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Sterculiaceae
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Brachychiton indet. leaf, cuticle
Schott and Endlicher 1832
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Proteaceae (informal Lobed) indet. leaf, cuticle
de Jussieu 1789
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Banksieaephyllum indet. leaf, cuticle
Cookson and Duigan 1950
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3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Lauraceae (informal I) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Lauraceae (informal II) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Lauraceae (informal IV) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Ebenaceae
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Ebenaceae indet. leaf, cuticle
Guerke 1891
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
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Cycadales indet. microspore
Dumortier 1829
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
- Zamiaceae
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Pterostoma indet. leaf, cuticle
Hill 1980
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10 %-specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 144.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.8° South, 144.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | Pollen zone: | lower and middle Nothofagidites asperus |
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular claystone |
| Lithology description: The fossiliferous clays form lenses within a thick deposit of fine to coarse, cross-bedded sands. The fossil flowers occur in a clay lens 5 m above the top of the coal seam. | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: At least 20 taxa (not formally described here). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:300 specimens. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 166973 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Jaramillo |
| Modifier: | C. Jaramillo | ||
| Created: | 2015-03-05 09:00:45 | Last modified: | 2015-03-09 16:38:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-05 09:00:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54383. | D. C. Christophel, W. K. Harris, and A. K. Syber. 1987. The Eocene flora of the Anglesea Locality, Victoria. Alcheringa 11(4):303-323 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
| 54802 | D. C. Christophel. 1994. The early Tertiary macrofloras of continental Australia. History of the Australian Vegetation. Cretaceous to Recent [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] |