Little Bay - DDH2:13.8 m: Middle Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Myrtaceaeidites eucalyptoides microspore
Myrtaceaeidites eugenioides microspore
Myrtaceaeidites parvus microspore
Myrtaceaeidites parvus/mesonesus
Myrtaceaeidites spp. microspore
Polyorificites oblatus microspore
Polypodiaceoisporties tumulatus microspore
Reevesiapollis reticulatus microspore
Simpsonipollis spp. microspore
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Latrobosporites marginis microspore
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites elliottii microspore Stover 1973
Magnoliopsida
Rhoipites alveolatus microspore Couper 1953
Malvacipollis subtilis microspore Stover 1973
Tricolporites microreticulatus microspore
Parsonsidites sp. microspore Couper 1960
Haloragacidites harrisii microspore Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Ailanthipites paenestriatus microspore
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladidites mawsonii microspore Cookson 1947
Podocarpidites spp. microspore
Dacrycarpites australiensis microspore Cookson and Pike 1953
Lygistepollenites florinii microspore Stover and Evans 1973
Microalatidites paleogenicus microspore Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
Angiospermae - Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceoidaepollenites latizonatus microspore
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites endobalteus microspore McIntyre 1965
Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinidites cainozoicus microspore Cookson and Pike 1954
Angiospermae - Fagales
Nothofagidites emarcidus microspore
Nothofagidites emarcidus/heterus
Nothofagidites asperus microspore Cookson 1958
Nothofagidites falcatus microspore Hekel 1972
Nothofagidites flemingii microspore Potonie 1960
Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus microspore Harris 1965
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Margocolporites vanwijhei microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Cupanieidites orthoteichus microspore
Cupanieidites reticularis microspore Cookson and Pike 1954
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites sinulatus microspore
Proteacidites spp. microspore
Angiospermae - Santalales - Loranthaceae
Gothanipollis gothanii microspore
Gothanipollis sp. cf. G. gothanii
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites spp. microspore
Cunoniaceae
Tricolpites simatus microspore
Angiospermae - Poales - Restionaceae
Milfordia homeopunctatus microspore
Angiospermae
Tetrapollis campbellbrownii microspore
Pteridopsida
Cyathidites australis microspore Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis/minor
Monolites alveolatus microspore Couper 1969
Polypodiopsida
Verrucosisporites criastatus microspore
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites cf. disconformis microspore
Rugulatisporites cowrensis microspore
Rugulatisporites sp. cf. R. cowrensis
Rugulatisporites mallatus microspore Stover 1973
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites spp. microspore
Verrucatosporites sp. microspore Pflug and Thomson 1953
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites sp. microspore Potonié 1931
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites australis microspore Cookson 1947
unclassified
Acaciapollenites miocenicus microspore
Rubipollis oblatus microspore Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
Rubipollis sp. cf. R. oblatus
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Operculodinium centrocarpum microspore Wall 1967
unclassified
Canthiumidites bellus microspore Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:New south wales County:Sidney
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:15.98000 - 11.63000 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: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:chemical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:168999
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Created:2015-05-04 13:28:36 Last modified:2015-05-04 13:28:36
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-04 13:28:36
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]