Berwick Quarry: Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Monocot indet. cuticle
Reference specimen: SB320. Referred specimens: SB227, SB236, SB258.
Specimen informal indet. A leaf, cuticle
Reference specimen: SB226.
Specimen informal indet. B leaf
Reference specimen: SB255.
Specimen informal indet. C leaf
Reference specimen: SB214.
Specimen informal indet. D leaf
Reference specimen: SB245.
Specimen informal indet. E leaf
Reference specimen: SB216.
Specimen informal indet. F leaf
Reference specimen: SB288.
Pesavis sp. microspore
cf. Pesavis tagluensis; Fungi
Nupollenites sp. microspore
Dodonaea triquetra
Lycopsida
Foveotriletes lacunosus microspore Partridge 1973
Pteridopsida
Cyathidites sp. microspore Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis/minor
Cyathidites subtilis microspore
Ischyosporites lachlanensis microspore
Ischyosporites gremius microspore Stover 1973
Matonisporites ornamentalis microspore Partridge 1973
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp. microspore Ibrahim 1933
Laevigatosporites major/ovatus
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites sp. microspore Couper 1953
Peromonolites vellosus microspore Partridge 1973
Baculate
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites disconformis microspore
Hepaticae
Rugulatisporites cowrensis microspore
Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae
Triletes tuberculiformis microspore (Cookson 1947)
original and current combination Trilites tuberculiformis
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites histeopteroides microspore
Polypodiisporites spp. microspore
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Dictyophyllidites arcuatus microspore Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Cyathea paleospora microspore
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Casuarinites cainozoicus microspore
synonym of Asterophyllites
Polypodiopsida
Verrucosisporites cristatus microspore
Verrucosisporites kopukuensis microspore Stover 1973
Bryopsida
Stereisporites australis microspore
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Agathis berwickensis n. sp. leaf, cuticle Pole et al. 1993
Dilwynites granulatus microspore Harris 1965
Araucariacites australis microspore Cookson 1947
6 %-individuals
Magnoliopsida
Haloragacidites harrisii microspore Mildenhall and Harris 1971
3 %-individuals
Periporopollenites versicus microspore
Periporopollenites demarcatus microspore Stover 1973
Malvacipollis spinyspora microspore
Malvacipollis sp. microspore Harris 1965
cf. Malvacipollis subtilis
Ailanthipites paenestriatus microspore
Rhoipites cissus microspore
Rhoipites sphaerica microspore
Tricolporites adelaidenis microspore
Tricolporites scabratus microspore
Tricolporites informal spp. indet. microspore
4 %-individuals
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladidites mawsonii microspore Cookson 1947
Podocarpidites spp. microspore
2 %-individuals
Dacrycarpus indet. sterile axis, cuticle de Laubenfels 1969
Reference specimen: SB282
Dacrycarpites australiensis microspore Cookson and Pike 1953
Lygistepollenites florinii microspore Stover and Evans 1973
Microalatidites paleogenicus microspore Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
Microcachryidites antarcticus microspore Couper 1953
Angiospermae - Myrtales
Myrtaceidites informal sp. 1 microspore Cookson and Pike 1960
Myrtaceidites parvus/mesonesus
Myrtaceidites informal sp. 2 microspore Cookson and Pike 1960
cf. Myrtaceidites protrudiporens
Myrtaceidites informal sp. 3 microspore Cookson and Pike 1960
aff. Myrtaceidites eucalyptoides
Myrtaceidites eugeniioides microspore Cookson and Pike 1954
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet. leaf de Jussieu 1789
Reference specimen: SB233.
Eucalyptus kitsonii leaf Deane 1902
Reference specimen: SB326 - SB330. Referred specimens: SB237, 242, 253, 254, 307, 321, 326, 328, 329, 803 -806.
Angiospermae - Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceoidaepollenites latizonatus microspore
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites sp. microspore Wodehouse 1933
Rugulate. cf. Guettardidites sp.
Ericipites crassiexinus microspore Harris 1972
Ericipites scabratus microspore Harris 1965
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites anguloclavatus microspore McIntyre 1968
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteaceae indet. leaf, cuticle de Jussieu 1789
Reference specimen: SB262. Referred specimens: SB241, SB260.
Proteacidites annularis microspore
Proteacidites rectomarginus microspore
Proteacidites stipplatus microspore
Proteacidites sp. microspore Cookson and Couper 1953
cf. Proteacidites scaboratus
Proteacidites spp. microspore
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites spp. microspore
Cunoniaceae
Tricolpites risus microspore
Tricolpites informal spp. indet. microspore
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurophyllum informal sp. 'sinuous' leaf, cuticle Göppert 1853
Reference specimens: SB209, S279. Referred specimen: SB237
Laurophyllum informal sp. 'thick' cuticle Göppert 1853
Reference specimen: S276. Referred specimen: SB801
Laurophyllum informal sp. 'butterfly' cuticle Göppert 1853
Reference specimen: S277. Referred specimen: SB795 coordinate 96/11.8.
Laurophyllum informal sp. 'smooth' cuticle Göppert 1853
Reference specimen: S278. Referred specimen: SB796 coordinates 93.8/9.
Angiospermae
Aglaoreidia qualumis microspore
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Arecipites sp. microspore Nichols et al. 1973
cf. Arecipites waitakiensis
Angiospermae - Liliaceae
Liliacidites lanceolatus microspore Stover 1973
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Cupanieidites orthoteichus microspore
Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus maideni leaf, cuticle Pole et al. 1993
comb. nov.
Angiospermae - Fagales
Nothofagidites informal sp. 1 microspore Potonié 1960
Nothofagidites deminutus-vansteenisii
Nothofagidites informal sp. 2 microspore Potonié 1960
65 %-individuals
Nothofagidites emarcidus-heterus
Nothofagidites falcatus microspore Hekel 1972
1 %-individuals
Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus microspore Harris 1965
10 %-individuals
Nothofagidites asperus microspore Cookson 1958
5 %-individuals
Nothofagidites flemingii microspore Potonie 1960
Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Gymnostoma sp. seed repro, sterile axis Johnson 1980
Referred specimens: cones SB265 - SB267, SB271- SB276. stems SB269, SB270, SB277
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
? Cunoniaceae informal sp. 'small teeth' leaf, cuticle Brown 1814
Reference specimen: SB317. Referred specimen SB309.
? Cunoniaceae informal sp. 'lanceolate' leaf, cuticle Brown 1814
Reference specimen: SB292. Referred specimens: SB210 SB217-219 SB222-225 SB228 SB230 SB231 SB234 SB235 SB239 SB243 SB250 SB251 SB261 SB263 SB264 SB284-287 SB290 SB292-303 SB306 SB308 SB310-314 SB316 SB322 SB324 SB325
Callicoma serratifolia leaf, cuticle Andrews 1809
Barnes and Hill 1999
This is: ocurrence ? Cunoniaceae of Pole, 1993 (reference 54689).
unclassified
Pseudoschizaea circula microspore Christopher 1976
Algae
Rubipollis sp. microspore Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
cf. Rubipollis oblatus
Concolpites leptos microspore Stover and Partridge 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.0° South, 145.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.0° South, 143.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene Pollen zone: Proteacidites tuberculatus
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:22.3 ± 0.5 Ma (K-Ar)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,yellow mudstone
Secondary lithology:coarse sandstone
Lithology description: Most of the fossil material is found in buff to chocolate brown muds interbedded with coarse sands and flows of basalt below the main basalt flow.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: The quarry sequence consists of basalt and pyroclastics of the Older Volcanic Group, and fluvial sands, lacustrine muds, and brown coal.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:chemical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Relative abundance expressed as a percentage of the total spore and pollen count (= 463).
Metadata
Also known as:Wilson Quarry
Database number:167544
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Modifier:C. Jaramillo
Created:2015-03-22 11:33:25 Last modified:2015-03-22 13:01:13
Access level:the public Released:2015-03-22 11:33:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54689. M. S. Pole, R. S. Hill, N. Green and M. K. Macphail. 1993. The Oligocene Berwick Quarry Flora - Rainforest in a Drying Environment. Australian Systematic Botany 6(5):399-427 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]

Secondary references:

54698 R. W. Barnes and R. S. Hill. 1999. Macrofossils of Callicoma and Codia (Cunoniaceae) from Australian Cainozoic sediments. Australian Systematic Botany 12(5):647-670 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]
54691 R. J. Carpenter and A. M. Buchanan. 1993. Oligocene Leaves, Fruit and Flowers of the Cunoniaceae from Cethana, Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 6(2):91-109 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]