Alcoa Anglesea locality, Site II , Lens A (Eocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.4° S, 144.2° E: paleocoordinates 57.7° S, 142.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lenticular claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: chemical

• Palinology: Samples were taken from a:vertical transect which passes through the Lens A Site II: 1 m, 3 m, 4.5 m, 6 m, 7 m, 8 m. Lens B site II: 16 m, y 17 m.

Primary reference: D. C. Christophel, W. K. Harris, and A. K. Syber. 1987. The Eocene flora of the Anglesea Locality, Victoria. Alcheringa 11(4):303-323 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167130: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 07.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 300 specimens.
unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Zamiaceae
Pterostoma indet. Hill 1980 cycads
Macrozamia indet. Miquel 1842 cycads
Bowenia indet. Hooker and Hooker 1863 cycads
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaciphyllum indet. Christophel and Lys 1986 myrtle
 Myrtales -
Myrtaceidites spp. Cookson and Pike 1960
Myrtaceidites parvus Cookson and Pike 1960
Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Ebenaceae indet. Guerke 1891
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites spp. Wodehouse 1933 heather
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
 Malpighiales - Picrodendraceae
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
 Fagales -
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae indet. Brown 1814
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpaceae indet. de Candolle 1816
 Alismatales - Juncaginaceae
Triglochin spp. Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Escalloniales - Escalloniaceae
Quintinia indet. Labillardière 1845
 Paracryphiales - Paracryphiaceae
Sphenostemon spp. Baillon 1875
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae spp. de Jussieu 1808 mistletoe
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Lauraceae ("I") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae ("II") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae ("III") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae ("IV") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Ascarina spp. Forster and Forster 1775
Magnoliopsida
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Periporopollenites spp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Malvacipollis spp. Harris 1965
Dicotetradites spp. Couper 1953
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Cupressacites spp. Bolkhovitina 1956
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
  - Polypodiaceae
Verrucatosporites spp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Laevigatosporites spp. Ibrahim 1933
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  - Gleicheniaceae