U1356 Unit X 96R: Early/Lower Eocene, Antarctica
collected by IODP

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bisaccate indet. microspore
Echinate informal trilete spores microspore
Gleichenidiites spp. microspore
Scabratisporis sp. microspore
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites spp. microspore
Dilwynites granulatus microspore Harris 1965
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myricipites harrisii microspore
Angiospermae - Fagales
Nothofagidites lachlaniae microspore Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
N. lachlaniae complex
Nothofagidites flemingii microspore Potonie 1960
N. flemingii complex
Nothofagidites asperus microspore Cookson 1958
N. asperus complex
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites sp. microspore Pflug and Thomson 1953
Triporopollenites informal sp.1 microspore Pflug and Thomson 1953
Proteacidites sp. microspore Cookson and Couper 1953
Proteacidites parvus microspore Cookson 1950
Proteacidites cf. subscabratus microspore Couper 1960
Proteacidites symphyonemoides microspore Cookson 1950
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites spp. microspore
Phyllocladidites mawsonii microspore Cookson 1947
Microcachryidites antarticus microspore
Magnoliopsida
Malvacipollis spp. microspore
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Camarozonosporites cf. ohaiensis microspore Dettmann and Playford 1968
Pteridopsida
Cyathidites spp. microspore
Cyathidites spp.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites spp. microspore
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites spp. microspore
Baculatisporites spp./Osmundacidites spp.
unclassified
Psilatriporites spp. microspore
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 63.3° South, 136.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.9° South, 132.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The lowermost 110 meters of sediments recovered at IODP Site U1356 (895.5 to 1000.08 meters below sea floor [mbsf], lithostratigraphic Units X and XI) are dated as Early to Middle Eocene in age based on the integration of dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy (Expedition 318 Scientists. Site U1356. in Escutia, C., Brinkhuis, H., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 318 Scientists. Proc. IODP 318 (2011)).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty claystone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Unit X (Cores -96R to -100R; 895.5 to 948.8 mbsf) consists of interbedded stratified and massive sandstones, diamictites, silty claystones, and siltstones exhibiting graded bedding and parallel lamination. Intraformational clasts occur abundantly in the fining-upward sandstones. In the lowermost intervals of Unit X, distinctive reddish brown silty claystones are repetitively interbedded at the decimeter- to meter-scale with greenish gray and brown, laminated sandy mudstones
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Based on information from dinocyst assemblages, sediments of Units X and XI were deposited in mid-shelfal settings (Expedition 318 Scientists. Site U1356. in Escutia, C., Brinkhuis, H., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 318 Scientists. Proc. IODP 318 (2011)).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,hydrochloric,hydroflouric,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:IODP
Collection method comments: This research used samples and data provided by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).

A total of 145 palynological samples, taken from the Eocene interval of Site U1356 at a resolution of 20-30 cm, were processed using identical protocols at the Institute of Geosciences of Goethe University Frankfurt and the Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology of Utrecht University.
Metadata
Database number:169264
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2015-05-13 19:43:45 Last modified:2015-05-13 19:43:45
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-13 19:43:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55271.fossil record J. Pross, L. Contreras, P. K. Bijl, D. R. Greenwood, S. M. Bohaty, S. Schouten, J. A. Bendle, U. Röhl, L. Tauxe, J. I. Raine, C. E. Huck, T. Flierdt, S. S. R. Jamieson, C. E. Stickley, B. Schootbrugge, C. Escutia, H. Brinkhuis and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. 2012. Persistent near-tropical warmth on the Antarctic continent during the early Eocene epoch. Nature (488)73-77 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]