Clayton 3: Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Morkallacysta pyramidalis
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| freshwater dinoflagellate | ||||||||||
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Podocarpidites exiguus microspore
Harris 1965
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° South, 137.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.0° South, 133.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene |
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Eyre | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Based on palynological dating the Formation ranges in age from latest Paleocene to Middle Eocene (Alley, 1998). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lake Eyre Basin | ||
| Database number: | 167837 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Jaramillo |
| Created: | 2015-04-04 13:40:27 | Last modified: | 2015-04-04 13:40:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-04 13:40:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54864. | N. F. Alley. 1998. Cainozoic stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and geological evolution of the Lake Eyre Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 144(3 - 4):239-263 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] |