Bombala - Piperclay Creek MFP 8647 (Paleocene of Australia)

Also known as Cathcart Road

Where: New South Wales, Australia (36.9° S, 149.3° E: paleocoordinates 58.0° S, 154.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lygistepollenites balmei pollen zone, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and siltstone

• The lacustrine sediments are thinly bedded and well laminated fine sands, silts and muds consisting predominantly of quartz and kaolinite. Organic rich beds and laminae containing coal, peaty sediments, or more sparse macerated plant debris are characteristic of the sediments.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: chemical

• MFP 8647.

Primary reference: G. Taylor, E. M. Truswell, K. G. McQueen and M. C. Brown. 1990. Early Tertiary palaeogeography, landform evolution, and palaeoclimates of the Southern Monaro, N.S.W., Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78(1 - 2):109-134 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167511: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 19.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• % frecuencies based on count of 200.
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Bryopsida
  -
Stereisporites sp.
Stereisporites sp. Pflug 1953
Tripunctisporis sp.
Magnoliopsida
  -
Tricolporites sp., Tricolporites spp., Gambierina rudata, Haloragacidites harrisii, Dicotetradites meridianus, Basopollis sp.
Tricolporites sp. Cookson 1947
cf. Tricolporites angurium
Tricolporites spp. Cookson 1947
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Basopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites scabratus
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965 heather
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites deminutus, Nothofagidites heterus, Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus, Nothofagidites flemingii, Nothofagidites endurus
Nothofagidites endurus Stover and Evans 1973
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp., Tricolpites phillipsii
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
cf. Tricolpites confessus
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites "sp. 2", Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites "sp. 2" Cookson and Couper 1953
cf. Proteacidites tenuiexinous
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Santalales -
Anacolosidites acutullus
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites spp.
Ilexpollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Lygistepollenites balmei, Lygistepollenites florinii, Dacrycarpites australiensis, Podocarpidites spp., Podocarpidites exiguus, Podocarpidites ellipticus, Phyllocladidites palaeogenicus, Phyllocladidites reticulosaccatus, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Lygistepollenites florinii Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites exiguus Harris 1965 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites australis, Dilwynites granulatus
Dilwynites granulatus Harris 1965
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites splendens, Cyathidites minor, Matonisporites ornamentalis, Ischyosporites sp.
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Ischyosporites sp. Balme 1957
Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites sp.
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953
cf. Peromonolites vellosus
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex, Gleicheniidites circiniidites
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
  - Osmundaceae
Rugulatisporites mallatus
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites tuberculiformis
  -
Verrucosisporites kopukuensis
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites sp.
Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
  - Polypodiaceae
Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus, Laevigatosporites ovatus
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946