Alcoa Anglesea locality, Site II Lens B: Late/Upper Eocene, Australia
collected by D. C. Christophel 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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informal Serrate I indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 12 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal Serrate II indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 4 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal Serrate III indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 5 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal 3 Veined Microphyll indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 4 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal Acrodromous Notophyll indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal Notophyll I indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 7 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal Notophyll II indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
informal Others taxa indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 30 %-specimens | ||||||||
Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
- Zamiaceae
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Pterostoma indet. leaf, cuticle
Hill 1980
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 6 %-specimens | ||||||||
Magnoliopsida
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Haloragacidites harrisii microspore
Mildenhall and Harris 1971
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Ebenaceae
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Ebenaceae indet. leaf, cuticle
Guerke 1891
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Myrtaceae
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Myrtaciphyllum indet. leaf, cuticle
Christophel and Lys 1986
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 8 %-specimens | ||||||||
Myrtaciphyllum douglasii leaf, cuticle
Christophel and Lys 1986
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n. sp. | ||||||||||
Myrtaciphyllum undulatum leaf, cuticle
Christophel and Lys 1986
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n. gen. n. sp. | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Myrtales
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Myrtaceidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Lauraceae (informal I) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 8 %-specimens | ||||||||
Lauraceae (informal II) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Lauraceae (informal III) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 1 %-specimens | ||||||||
Lauraceae (informal IV) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
Angiospermae
- Escalloniales
- Escalloniaceae
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Quintinia indet. leaf, cuticle
Labillardière 1845
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Proteacidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
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Nothofagidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Oxalidales
- Elaeocarpaceae
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Elaeocarpaceae indet. microspore
de Candolle 1816
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Oxalidales
- Cunoniaceae
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Cunoniaceae (informal tricolpate) indet. microspore
Brown 1814
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Cunoniaceae (informal dicolpate) indet. microspore
Brown 1814
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Gymnospermae
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Gymnospermae indet. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
replaced by Pinophyta | ||||||||||
Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Podocarpidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Phyllocladineae
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Phyllocladites mawsonii microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 144.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 57.7° South, 142.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous clay lenses are basal Upper Eocene in age and the geology of the deposit has been described by Christophel et al. (1987). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lenticular claystone |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Collectors: | D. C. Christophel | Collection dates: | 1985 |
Collection method comments: Banksieaephyllum less than 1%. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:200 specimens |
Metadata
Database number: | 166980 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Jaramillo |
Modifier: | C. Jaramillo | ||
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2015-03-05 12:47:55 | Last modified: | 2015-03-09 16:41:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-05 12:47:55 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
54542. | D. C. Christophel and S. D. Lys. 1986. Mummified Leaves of Two New Species of Myrtaceae from the Eocene of Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 34(6):649-662 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] |
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] | |
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] |