S-16 (2200-2350 cm) (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Stony Creek Basin

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

• Paleocoordinates: 38.8° S, 144.5° E (Wright 2013)

• 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 172878: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cupaniae indet., Trilete indet.
Angiospermae
 Canellales - Winteraceae
Winteraceae indet.
Winteraceae indet. Lindley 1830 magnoliids
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron", Myrtaceae indet., cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon", Leptospermum indet., Acmena "type", Syzygium "type", Eucalyptus indet., cf. Lophostemon indet., Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus", Corymbia "Angophora"
Myrtaceae "10/12 micron" de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
cf. Melaleuca "Callistemon" Linnaeus 1767 honey-myrtle
Leptospermum indet. Forster and Forster 1775 myrtle
Acmena "type" Candolle 1828 myrtle
Syzygium "type" Browne and Gaertner 1788 bush cherry
Eucalyptus indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 eucalyptus
cf. Lophostemon indet. Schott 1830 myrtle
Rhodamnia "Rhodomyrtus" Jack 1822 myrtle
Corymbia "Angophora" Hill and Johnson 1995 myrtle
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos indet.
Symplocos indet. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae "undif.", Monotoca indet.
Ericaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 heather
Monotoca indet. Brown 1810 heather
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Myrsine indet.
Myrsine indet. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Juncaginaceae
Triglochin "Typha"
Triglochin "Typha" Linnaeus 1753 arrowgrass
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitaceae indet.
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
cf. Alectryon indet., Dodonaea indet.
cf. Alectryon indet. Gaertner 1788 soapberry
Dodonaea indet. Miller 1758 soapberry
 Brassicales - Gyrostemonaceae
Gyrostemonaceae indet.
Gyrostemonaceae indet. Endlicher 1845
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae indet.
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus "Brassospora", Nothofagus "Lophozonia"
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Pomaderris indet.
Pomaderris indet. Labillardière 1805 buckthorn
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Acaena indet.
Acaena indet. Mutis and Linneaus 1771 rose
 Fabales - Fabaceae
? Fabaceae "2p reticulate", Acacia "equivalents"
? Fabaceae "2p reticulate" Lindley 1836 legume
Acacia "equivalents" Miller 1758 wattle
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Macaranga "Mallotus"
Macaranga "Mallotus" Thouars 1806 spurge
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpus indet.
Elaeocarpus indet. Linnaeus 1753
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae "3C", Cunoniaceae "2C"
Cunoniaceae "3C" Brown 1814
Cunoniaceae "2C" Brown 1814
 Solanales - Solanaceae
cf. Solanum indet.
cf. Solanum indet. Linnaeus 1753 nightshade
 Solanales - Convolvulaceae
Convolvulaceae indet.
Convolvulaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 bindweed
 Ericales -
Rapanea indet.
Rapanea indet. Aublet 1775
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteaceae "undif.", Stirlingia "Conospermeae", Banksia "minor 30μm", Banksia "major 31μm", Hakea "gemmate", Grevillea "Hakea"
Proteaceae "undif." de Jussieu 1789
Stirlingia "Conospermeae" Endlicher 1837
Banksia "minor 30μm" Linnaeus 1782
Banksia "major 31μm" Linnaeus 1782
Hakea "gemmate" Schrader 1798
Grevillea "Hakea" Brown and Knight 1809
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Muehlenbeckia indet., Muehlenbeckia "horrida type"
Muehlenbeckia indet. Meisner 1841 knotweed
Muehlenbeckia "horrida type" Meisner 1841 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae minor 10P"
 Escalloniales - Escalloniaceae
Quintinia indet.
Quintinia indet. Candolle 1830
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Araliaceae indet., Araliaceae "Rutaceae?"
Araliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Araliaceae "Rutaceae?" Jussieu 1789
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet.
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae"
Asteraceae "tubuliflorae" Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Villarsia "Menyanthaceae"
 Asterales - Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae indet.
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago indet.
Plantago indet. Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Coprosma indet.
Coprosma indet. Forster and Forster 1775 coffee
 Saxifragales -
Haloragis "Gonocarpus"
Haloragis "Gonocarpus" Forster and Forster 1775
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum indet., Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon"
Myriophyllum indet. Linnaeus 1753 water milfoil
Haloragodendron "Glishrocaryon" Orchard 1975 water milfoil
 Poales - Restionaceae
Restionaceae "undif."
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae "undif."
Cyperaceae "undif." Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliaceae indet.
Liliaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Magnoliopsida
  -
Polyporina bipatterna
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Dacrydium indet., Podosporites cf. microsaccatus, Podocarpus "Prumnopitys", Dacrycarpus indet., Podocarpidites sp., Phyllocladus indet., Microcachrys indet.
Dacrydium indet. Soland and Lambert 1807 podocarp
Podosporites cf. microsaccatus Dettmann 1963 podocarp
Podocarpus "Prumnopitys" L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Dacrycarpus indet. de Laubenfels 1969 podocarp
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllocladus indet. Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
Microcachrys indet. Hooker 1845 podocarp
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet.
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariaceae indet., Araucaria indet., Agathis indet., Dilwynites cf. granulatus
Araucariaceae indet. Henckel and Hochstetter 1865
Araucaria indet. de Jussieu 1789
Agathis indet. Salisbury 1807
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia indet.
Gleichenia indet. Smith 1793
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteridium indet.
Pteridium indet. Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyathea indet.
Cyathea indet. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
  - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites disconformis
  - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites sp.
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953
  - Dicksoniaceae
Dicksonia indet., Calochlaena "Culcita", Lophosoria indet.
Dicksonia indet. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Calochlaena "Culcita" Turner and White 1988
Lophosoria indet. Presl 1847
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet.
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
Lycopsida
  -
cf. Foveotriletes balteus
Pteridopsida
  -
Monolites cf. alveolatus
Monolete
  -
Monolete "psilate"
Monolete "psilate" Van der Hammen et al. 1973
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus "spores"
Botryococcus "spores" Kutzing 1849
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium indet.
Lycopodium indet. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
 Isoetales - Isoetaceae
Isoetes indet.
Isoetes indet. Linnaeus 1753 quillwort
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum indet.
Sphagnum indet. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss