Alcoa Anglesea locality, Site II Lens B: Late/Upper Eocene, Australia
collected by D. C. Christophel 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Serrate I indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 12 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal Serrate II indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 4 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal Serrate III indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 5 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal 3 Veined Microphyll indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 4 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal Acrodromous Notophyll indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal Notophyll I indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 7 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal Notophyll II indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
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informal Others taxa indet. leaf, cuticle
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 30 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
- Zamiaceae
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Pterostoma indet. leaf, cuticle
Hill 1980
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 6 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Haloragacidites harrisii microspore
Mildenhall and Harris 1971
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Gymnospermae
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Gymnospermae indet. microspore
()
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
| replaced by Pinophyta | ||||||||||
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Podocarpidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
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Myrtaceidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Myrtaceae
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Myrtaciphyllum indet. leaf, cuticle
Christophel and Lys 1986
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 8 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Myrtaciphyllum undulatum leaf, cuticle
Christophel and Lys 1986
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| n. gen. n. sp. | ||||||||||
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Myrtaciphyllum douglasii leaf, cuticle
Christophel and Lys 1986
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| n. sp. | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Ebenaceae
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Ebenaceae indet. leaf, cuticle
Guerke 1891
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Proteacidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Escalloniales
- Escalloniaceae
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Quintinia indet. leaf, cuticle
Labillardière 1845
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Lauraceae (informal I) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 8 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Lauraceae (informal II) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 2 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Lauraceae (informal III) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 1 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Lauraceae (informal IV) indet. leaf, cuticle
Jussieu 1789
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Christophel et al. 1987 | 3 %-specimens | ||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
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Nothofagidites spp. microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Oxalidales
- Cunoniaceae
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Cunoniaceae (informal tricolpate) indet. microspore
Brown 1814
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Cunoniaceae (informal dicolpate) indet. microspore
Brown 1814
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Oxalidales
- Elaeocarpaceae
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Elaeocarpaceae indet. microspore
de Candolle 1816
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Phyllocladineae
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Phyllocladites mawsonii microspore
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Christophel et al. 1987 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 144.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.7° South, 142.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous clay lenses are basal Upper Eocene in age and the geology of the deposit has been described by Christophel et al. (1987). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular claystone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D. C. Christophel | Collection dates: | 1985 |
| Collection method comments: Banksieaephyllum less than 1%. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:200 specimens | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 166980 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Jaramillo |
| Modifier: | C. Jaramillo | ||
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 2015-03-05 12:47:55 | Last modified: | 2015-03-09 16:41:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-05 12:47:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54542. | D. C. Christophel and S. D. Lys. 1986. Mummified Leaves of Two New Species of Myrtaceae from the Eocene of Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 34(6):649-662 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] |
Secondary references:
| 54802 | D. C. Christophel. 1994. The early Tertiary macrofloras of continental Australia. History of the Australian Vegetation. Cretaceous to Recent [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] | |
| 54383 | 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. Cárdenas] |