Maslin Bay - Banksieae (Eocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.2° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 57.7° S, 134.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• Alley (1987) assigned a Middle Eocene age to the flora based on an analysis of the microflora.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• North Maslin sands (which contains the Maslin Bay fossiliferous material).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. S. Hill and D. C. Christophel. 1988. Tertiary leaves of the tribe Banksieae (Proteaceae) from south-eastern Australia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 97(2):205-227 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167307: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 11.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Banksieaeformis decurrens Hill and Christophel 1988
n. gen. n. sp.