S-2 (100-200 cm): Early/Lower Pleistocene, Australia
collected 2000

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trilete indet.
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus informal Prumnopitys
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947
Microstrobos indet. Garden and Johnson 1950
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
cf. Garcinia cuspidata
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae informal 3C
Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus informal Brassospora
Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae indet. Brown 1814
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia informal equivalents
Angiospermae - Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
Pimelea indet. Banks and Gaertner 1878
Angiospermae - Brassicales - Gyrostemonaceae
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845
Angiospermae - Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ericales - Epacridaceae
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae informal 10/12micron
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789
Corymbia informal Angophora
cf. Melaleuca informal Callistemon
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Juncaginaceae
Triglochin informal Typha
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium indet. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Canellales - Winteraceae
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830
Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae informal tubuliflorae
Angiospermae - Asterales - Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae indet. Brown 1810
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae informal amaranthaceae minor 10P
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Saxifragales
Haloragis informal Gonocarpus
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753
Haloragodendron informal Glishrocaryon
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteaceae informal undif.
Stirlingia informal Conospermeae
Grevillea informal Hakea
cf. Lomatia indet. Brown 1810
Hakea informal gemmate
Banksia informal minor 30μm
Banksia informal major 31μm
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae informal undif.
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895
Angiospermae - Poales - Restionaceae
Restionaceae informal undif.
Pteridopsida
Monolites cf. alveolatus Couper 1969
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dennstaedtiaceae
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
unclassified
Monolete informal psilate
Lycopsida
cf. Foveotriletes balteus
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella indet. Beauvois 1804
Lycopodiopsida - Isoetales - Isoetaceae
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753
Algae - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus informal spores
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 37.6° South, 144.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° South, 144.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:550 meters
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Between 1.555 & 1.835 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,planar lamination,black,green unlithified silty claystone
Secondary lithology: sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: organic-rich, silty clay sediment.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: Small paleolake (<10 ha)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:core,chemical,hydrochloric,hydroflouric,sieve
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection dates:2000
Collection method comments: c. 40-m-long sediment core.
Metadata
Also known as:Stony Creek Basin
Database number:172832
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Created:2015-08-27 09:11:26 Last modified:2015-08-27 09:11:26
Access level:the public Released:2015-08-27 09:11:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55377. J. M. K. Sniderman. 2011. Early Pleistocene vegetation change in upland south-eastern Australia. Journal of Biogeography 38(8):1456-1470 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]