Bombala - Coal Pit Gully MFP 8707 (Paleocene of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (36.6° S, 149.1° E: paleocoordinates 57.9° S, 154.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonaceous mudstone

• Coal occurs between basalt flows.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: chemical

• MFP 8707.

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 167515: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 20.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• % frecuencies based on count of 200.
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Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites australis
Polypodiopsida
  -
Verrucosisporites kopukuensis
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex, Gleicheniidites circiniidites
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
  - Polypodiaceae
Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes sp.
Retitriletes sp. Pierce 1961 clubmoss
cf. Retitriletes austroclavatidites
Magnoliopsida
  -
Haloragacidites harrisii, Basopollis sp., Periporopollenites polyoratus
Haloragacidites harrisii Mildenhall and Harris 1971
Basopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites spp.
Liliacidites spp. Couper 1953
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites "sp. 2", Proteacidites spp.
Proteacidites "sp. 2" Cookson and Couper 1953
cf. Proteacidites tenuiexinous
Proteacidites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp., Tricolpites spp.
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
cf. Tricolpites confessus
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites heterus, Nothofagidites flemingii, Nothofagidites endurus
Nothofagidites endurus Stover and Evans 1973
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Lygistepollenites florinii, Podocarpidites spp., Podocarpidites ellipticus, Phyllocladidites palaeogenicus, Phyllocladidites reticulosaccatus, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachryidites antarcticus
Lygistepollenites florinii Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Podocarpidites spp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp