Little Bay - DDH1:1.1 m: Middle Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Crotonipollis sp. microspore
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(Beyeria) and (Croton) | ||||||||||
Guettardidites sp. microspore
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Myrtaceaeidites eucalyptoides microspore
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Myrtaceaeidites parvus microspore
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Myrtaceaeidites parvus/mesonesus | ||||||||||
Myrtaceaeidites spp. microspore
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Araucariacites australis microspore
Cookson 1947
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Pteridopsida
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Monolites alveolatus microspore
Couper 1969
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Cyathidites australis microspore
Couper 1953
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Cyathidites australis/minor | ||||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniaceae
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Gleicheniidites spp. microspore
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
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Polypodiisporites sp. microspore
PotoniƩ 1931
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniales
- Matoniaceae
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Dictyophyllidites arcautus microspore
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Polypodiopsida
- Osmundaceae
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Rugulatisporites mallatus microspore
Stover 1973
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Baculatisporites cf. disconformis microspore
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Cupanieidites orthoteichus microspore
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Casuarinaceae
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Casuarinidites cainozoicus microspore
Cookson and Pike 1954
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
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Nothofagidites emarcidus microspore
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Nothofagidites emarcidus/heterus | ||||||||||
Nothofagidites falcatus microspore
Hekel 1972
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Nothofagidites asperus microspore
Cookson 1958
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Sapotaceae
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Sapotaceoidaepollenites latizonatus microspore
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Sapotaceoidaepollenites rotundus microspore
Harris 1972
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Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites spp. microspore
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Cunoniaceae | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Aquifoliales
- Aquifoliaceae
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Ilexpollenites anguloclavatus microspore
McIntyre 1968
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Proteacidites spp. microspore
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Restionaceae
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Milfordia homeopunctatus microspore
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Lygistepollenites florinii microspore
Stover and Evans 1973
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Dacrycarpites australiensis microspore
Cookson and Pike 1953
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Podocarpidites spp. microspore
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Microalatidites paleogenicus microspore
Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
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Magnoliopsida
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Rhoipites cissus microspore
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Malvacipollis subtilis microspore
Stover 1973
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Haloragacidites harrisii microspore
Mildenhall and Harris 1971
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unclassified
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Rubipollis oblatus microspore
Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
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Rubipollis sp. cf. R. oblatus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | New south wales |
Coordinates: | 34.0° South, 151.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° South, 150.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Evidence for the age of the deposit comes from the palynological assemblages. The data are emphatic that the deposit falls within one palynological zone. The maximum and minimum age limits are Early Oligocene and Middle Miocene, based on Acaciapollenites myriosporites, Nothofagidites flemingii, N. goniatus, Tubulifloridites simplis and the absence of taxa which first appear in the Late Miocene, such as Amperea and Monotoca. However, the probable maximum age is Middle Miocene based on the ocurrence of varieties of Canthiumidites (al. Triporopollenites) bellus in the deepest samples boreholes DDH1 and DDH2. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | adpression |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | chemical |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 168989 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Jaramillo |
Modifier: | C. Jaramillo | ||
Created: | 2015-05-04 12:55:31 | Last modified: | 2015-05-04 13:18:13 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-04 12:55:31 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
55195. | J. W. Pickett, M. K. Macphail, A. D. Partridgec and M. S. Poled. 1997. Middle Miocene palaeotopography at Little Bay, near Maroubra, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 44(4):509-518 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] |