S-5 (450-600 cm) (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Stony Creek Basin

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.6° S, 144.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 144.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Between 1.555 & 1.835 Ma.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified, massive, black, green, silty claystone and sandy siltstone

• Small paleolake (<10 ha)
• organic-rich, silty clay sediment.

Size class: microfossils

• Plant macrofossils and insects.

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collected in 2000

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve

• c. 40-m-long sediment core.

Primary reference: J. M. K. Sniderman. 2011. Early Pleistocene vegetation change in upland south-eastern Australia. Journal of Biogeography 38(8):1456-1470 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172837: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cupaniae indet., Trilete indet.
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium indet.
Lycopodium indet. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
 Isoetales - Isoetaceae
Isoetes indet.
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort
Magnoliopsida
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Polyporina bipatterna, Rhoipites alveolatus
Rhoipites alveolatus Couper 1953
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., Eucalyptus indet., Eucalyptus "spathulata type", cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Leptospermum indet., Acmena "type", Corymbia "Angophora", Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus", Syzygium "type", cf. Lophostemon indet.
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
Eucalyptus "spathulata type" L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus" Jack 1822 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae "undif.", Monotoca indet.
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos indet.
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Epacridaceae
Leucopogon indet.
Leucopogon indet. Brown 1810
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Myrsine indet.
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Juncaginaceae
Triglochin "Typha"
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass
 Poales - Restionaceae
Restionaceae "undif."
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae "undif."
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet.
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteaceae "undif.", Grevillea "Hakea", Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm", Stirlingia "Conospermeae"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P"
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Muehlenbeckia indet., Muehlenbeckia "horrida type"
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
cf. Oleaceae indet.
cf. Oleaceae indet. Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago indet.
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Coprosma indet.
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex indet.
Ilex indet. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Villarsia "Menyanthaceae"
 Asterales - Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae indet.
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae"
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Araliaceae indet., Araliaceae "Rutaceae?"
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet.
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae indet.
Loranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1808 mistletoe
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon", Myriophyllum indet.
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
 Saxifragales -
Haloragis "Gonocarpus"
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775
 Canellales - Winteraceae
Winteraceae indet.
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Pomaderris indet.
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae indet.
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus "Brassospora"
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Macaranga "Mallotus", Amperea indet.
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge
Amperea indet. Jussieu 1824 spurge
 Fabales - Fabaceae
? Fabaceae "3p reticulate", ? Fabaceae "2p reticulate", Acacia "equivalents"
? Fabaceae "3p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
? Fabaceae "2p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpus indet.
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae "3C", Cunoniaceae "2C"
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814
 Brassicales - Gyrostemonaceae
Gyrostemonaceae indet.
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845
 Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
Pimelea indet.
Pimelea indet. Banks and Gaertner 1878
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Dodonaea indet., cf. Alectryon indet.
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Dacrydium indet., Microcachrys indet., Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Podocarpidites sp., Phyllocladus indet., Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Dacrycarpus indet.
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet.
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress
Lycopsida
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cf. Foveotriletes balteus
Monolete
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Monolete "psilate"
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973
Pteridopsida
  -
Monolites cf. alveolatus
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia indet.
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793
  - Dicksoniaceae
Dicksonia indet., Calochlaena "Culcita", Lophosoria indet.
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Calochlaena "Culcita" Turner and White 1988
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847
  - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites disconformis
  - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites sp.
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyathea indet.
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
cf. Lygodium indet.
cf. Lygodium indet. Swartz 1800 climbing fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteridium indet.
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet.
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus "spores"
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum indet.
Sphagnum indet. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariaceae indet., Araucaria indet., Agathis indet.
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807
Anthocerotopsida
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Anthoceros indet.