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
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Pterostoma indet. Hill 1980 cycads
Macrozamia indet. Miquel 1842 cycads
Bowenia indet. Hooker and Hooker 1863 cycads | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaciphyllum indet. Christophel and Lys 1986 myrtle | |
Myrtaceidites spp. Cookson and Pike 1960
Myrtaceidites parvus Cookson and Pike 1960
Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954 | |
Ebenaceae indet. Guerke 1891 | |
Ericipites spp. Wodehouse 1933 heather | |
Angiospermae | |
Cupanieidites major soapberry
Cupanieidites orthoteichus soapberry | |
Nothofagidites spp. Potonié 1960 | |
Cunoniaceae indet. Brown 1814 | |
Elaeocarpaceae indet. de Candolle 1816 | |
Triglochin spp. Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass | |
Proteacidites subscrabatus, Proteacidites ivanhoensis, Beaupreaidites arcuatus, Banksieaephyllum indet.
Banksieaephyllum indet. Cookson and Duigan 1950 | |
Quintinia indet. Labillardière 1845 | |
Sphenostemon spp. Baillon 1875 | |
Loranthaceae spp. de Jussieu 1808 mistletoe | |
Lauraceae ("I") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae ("II") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae ("III") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae ("IV") indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel | |
Ascarina spp. Forster and Forster 1775 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Periporopollenites spp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Malvacipollis spp. Harris 1965
Dicotetradites spp. Couper 1953 | |
Podocarpidites spp., Dacrycarpites australiensis, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp | |
Pinopsida | |
Cupressacites spp. Bolkhovitina 1956 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Baculatisporites comaumensis Potonie 1953 | |
Verrucatosporites spp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Laevigatosporites spp. Ibrahim 1933 | |
Verrucosisporites kopukuensis Stover 1973 | |
Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963 |