Evergreen Formation

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{{Infobox rockunit

| name = Evergreen Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| age = Lower Pliensbachian- Late Toarcian
~{{fossilrange|186.74|175.94}}{{Cite journal |last1=La Croix |first1=Andrew D. |last2=Sobczak |first2=Kasia |last3=Esterle |first3=Joan S. |last4=Bianchi |first4=Valeria |last5=Wang |first5=Jiahao |last6=He |first6=Jianhua |last7=Hayes |first7=Phil |last8=Underschultz |first8=Jim R. |last9=Garnett |first9=Andrew |date=2022 |title=Integrating palynostratigraphy with zircon geochronology in the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation to improve stratigraphic correlation within the Great Artesian Basin, Australia |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105845 |journal=Marine and Petroleum Geology |volume=144 |issue=4 |pages=56–89 |doi=10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105845 |bibcode=2022MarPG.14405845L |issn=0264-8172|url-access=subscription }}

| period = Toarcian

| prilithology = Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone

| otherlithology = Coal, ironstone

| namedfor = "Evergreen Shales"

| namedby = Hogetoorn{{cite journal |last1=Hogetoorn |first1=D.J. |title=Jurassic reservoirs of the Surat Basin |journal=World Petroleum Congress |date=1967 |volume=7 |pages=161–170 |url=https://onepetro.org/WPCONGRESS/proceedings-abstract/WPC07/All-WPC07/WPC-12115/198930 |access-date=31 May 2023}}

| region = New South Wales, Queensland

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|25.8|S|150.3|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|61.7|S|90.0|E|display=inline}}

| unitof = Bundamba Group

| subunits = Boxvale Sandstone & Westgrove Ironstone Members

| underlies = Hutton Sandstone

| overlies = Precipice Sandstone

| thickness = Up to {{convert|255|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| extent = *Eromanga Basin{{cite journal |last1=Waschbusch |first1=P. |last2=Korsch |first2=R.J. |last3=Beaumont |first3=C. |title=Geodynamic modelling of aspects of the Bowen, Gunnedah, Surat and Eromanga Basins from the perspective of convergent margin processes |journal=Australian Journal of Earth Sciences |date=2009 |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=309–334 |doi=10.1080/08120090802698661 |bibcode=2009AuJES..56..309W |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08120090802698661 |access-date=31 May 2023|url-access=subscription }}

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| lat_deg = -25.8

| lon_deg = 150.3

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The Evergreen Formation is a Pliensbachian to Toarcian geologic formation of the Surat Basin in New South Wales and Queensland, eastern Australia. Traditionally it has been considered to be a unit whose age has been calculated in between the Pliensbachian and Toarcian stages of the Early Jurassic, with some layers suggested to reach the Aalenian stage of the Middle Jurassic, yet modern data has found that an Early Pliensbachian to Latest Toarcian age is more possible.{{cite web|title=Australian Government- Geoscience Australia Australian Stratigraphic Units Database|url=http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=6416|website=ga.gov.au|publisher=Geoscience Australia|accessdate=19 January 2015}}{{Cite journal|last1=Todd|first1=Christopher N.|last2=Roberts|first2=Eric M.|last3=Knutsen|first3=Espen M.|last4=Rozefelds|first4=Andrew C.|last5=Huang|first5=Hui-Qing|last6=Spandler|first6=Carl|date=December 2019|title=Refined age and geological context of two of Australia's most important Jurassic vertebrate taxa (Rhoetosaurus brownei and Siderops kehli), Queensland|journal=Gondwana Research|volume=76|pages=19–25|doi=10.1016/j.gr.2019.05.008|bibcode=2019GondR..76...19T }}{{Cite journal |last1=Sobczak |first1=Kasia |last2=La Croix |first2=Andrew D. |last3=Esterle |first3=Joan |author-link3=Joan Esterle |last4=Hayes |first4=Phil |last5=Holl |first5=Heinz-Gerd |last6=Ciesiolka |first6=Rachael |last7=Crowley |first7=James L. |last8=Allen |first8=Charlotte M. |date=2022 |title=Geochronology and sediment provenance of the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: Implications for the palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.08.003 |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=111 |pages=189–208 |bibcode=2022GondR.111..189S |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2022.08.003 |issn=1342-937X}} The formation was named due to the "Evergreen Shales", defined with a lower unit, the Boxvale Sandstone, and a partially coeval, partially younger upper unit, the Westgrove Ironstone Member.{{cite journal |last1=Withnall |first1=I. W. |last2=Hutton |first2=L. J. |last3=Bultitude |first3=R. J. |last4=Von Gnielinski |first4=F. E. |last5=Rienks |first5=I. P. |title=Geology of the Auburn Arch, southern Connors Arch and adjacent parts of the Bowen Basin and Yarrol Province, central Queensland |journal=Queensland Geology |date=2009 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=13–32 |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4765331 |access-date=31 May 2023}} This unit overlies the Hettangian-Sinemurian Precipice Sandstone, as well several informal units such as the Nogo Beds, and Narayen beds, as well Torsdale Volcanics. This unit likely was deposited in a massive lacustrine body with possible marine environment influences.{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=M. |last2=Wakefield |first2=M. |last3=Bianchi |first3=V. |last4=Esterle |first4=J. |last5=Zhou |first5=F. |title=Evidence for marine influence in the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone, Surat Basin, eastern Australia |journal=Australian Journal of Earth Sciences |date=2017 |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=75–91 |doi=10.1080/08120099.2018.1402821 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08120099.2018.1402821 |access-date=31 May 2023|url-access=subscription }}

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Fossil content

Indeterminate Unionoid bivalves are know from the Kolane Station.

=Ichnofossils=

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Genus

! Species

! Type

! Location

! Material

! Origin

! Images

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Asterosoma

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  • A. isp.

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Fodinichnia

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  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Moonie 34 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

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Radiating bulb-like swelling burrows

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Annelid worm, vermiform organism

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Conichnus

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  • C. isp.

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  • Domichnia
  • Cubichnia

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trails

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Gastropods

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Cylindrichnus

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  • C. isp.

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  • Domichnia

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Long, subconical, weakly curved burrows

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  • Anemones
  • Polychaete worms

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Diplocraterion

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  • D. parallelum

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Domichnia

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U-shaped burrows

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File:Diplocraterion parallelum diagram DE.png

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Helminthopsis

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  • H. isp.

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Fodinichnia

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Simple, unbranched, horizontal cylinder traces

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File:Helminthopsis01.JPG

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Lockeia{{cite journal |last1=La Croix |first1=A. D. |last2=Wang |first2=J. |last3=He |first3=J. |last4=Hannaford |first4=C. |last5=Bianchi |first5=V. |last6=Esterle |first6=J. |last7=Undershultz |first7=J. R. |title=Widespread nearshore and shallow marine deposition within the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia |journal=Marine and Petroleum Geology |date=2019 |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=760–790 |doi=10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.048 |bibcode=2019MarPG.109..760L |hdl=10289/12877 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264817219303009 |access-date=30 May 2023|hdl-access=free }}

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  • L. amygdaloides
  • L. isp.

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  • Cubichnia
  • Domichnia

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Dwelling traces

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  • Bivalves

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File:DevonianLockeia121911.jpg

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Naktodemasis

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  • N. isp.

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Fodinichnia

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Straight to sinuous, unlined and unbranched burrows

|style="background:#FEF6E4;" |

  • Soil bugs
  • Cicada nymphs
  • Scarabaeid beetle larvae

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Palaeophycus

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  • P. tubularis

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Domichnia

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Straight or gently curved tubular burrows.

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  • Polychaetes
  • Semiaquatic Insects (Orthoptera and Hemiptera)
  • Semiaquatic and non-aquatic Beetles.

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File:Palaeophycus01.JPG

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Phycosiphon

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  • P. isp.

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Fodinichnia

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Irregularly meandering burrows

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Vermiform Animals

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Planolites

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  • P. montanus
  • P. beverleyensis
  • P. isp.

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Pascichnia

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Cylindrical or elliptical curved/tortuous trace fossils

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  • Polychaetes
  • Insects

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File:Planolites.jpg

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Scolicia

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  • S. isp.

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  • Cubichnia

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Symmetrical trail or burrow

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Gastropods

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File:Scolicia Punta San García 01.JPG

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Skolithos

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  • S. isp.

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Domichnia

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Cylindrical strands with branches

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  • Polychaetes
  • Phoronidans

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Siphonichnus

|style="background:#FEF6E4;" |

  • S. ophthalmoides

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Domichnia

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Cylindrical strands with branches

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  • Polychaetes
  • Phoronidans

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Taenidium

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  • T. serpentinum
  • T. isp.

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Fodinichnia

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Unlined meniscate burrows

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Thalassinoides

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  • T. isp.

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Tubular Fodinichnia

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Tubular Burrows

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File:Talassinodes illustration.jpg

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Teichichnus

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  • T. isp.

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Fodinichnia

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Vertical to oblique, unbranched or branched, elongated to arcuate spreite burrow

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File:Teichichnus burrows.jpg

= Diplopoda =

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! Species

! Location

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

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! Images

Decorotergum{{cite journal |last1=Jell |first1=P. A. |title=An Early Jurassic millipede from the Evergreen Formation in Queensland |journal=Alcheringa |date=1983 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=195–199 |doi=10.1080/03115518308619618 |bibcode=1983Alch....7..195J |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03115518308619618 |access-date=30 May 2023|url-access=subscription }}

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  • D. warrenae

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  • Kolane Station, 58 km ENE of Taroom

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Westgrove Ironstone Member

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Incomplete specimens: QMF12294, QMF12295 and one small fragment of a third specimen, QMF12296

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A millipede whose affinities are controversial. It may be an Oniscomorpha of the order Amynilyspedida family Amynilyspedidae or a member of the order Polydesmida

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File:Glomeris oblongoguttata, Pisogn, Italy.png, Glomeris]]

= Vertebrata =

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! Species

! Location

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

Plesiosauria{{cite journal |last1=Thulborn |first1=Richard A |last2=Warren |first2=Anne |title=Early Jurassic plesiosaurs from Australia |journal=Nature |date=1980 |volume=285 |issue=57 |pages=224–225 |doi=10.1038/285224a0 |bibcode=1980Natur.285..224T |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/285224a0 |access-date=30 May 2023|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Kear |first1=B. P. |title=A revision of Australia's Jurassic plesiosaurs |journal=Palaeontology |date=2012 |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=1125–1138 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01183.x |bibcode=2012Palgy..55.1125K |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01183.x |access-date=30 May 2023}}

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Indeterminate

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  • Kolane Station, 58 km ENE of Taroom

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Westgrove Ironstone Member

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  • QM F10440, Limb, girdle and vertebral fragments from a single skeleton
  • QM F10441, partial skeleton

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A Freshwater Plesiosaur with affinities with Pliosauridae and Neoplesiosauria

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Siderops{{cite journal |last1=Warren |first1=A. A. |last2=Hutchinson |first2=M. N. |title=The Last Labyrinthodont? A New Brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Early Jurassic Evergreen Formation of Queensland, Australia |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |date=1983 |volume=303 |issue=1113 |pages=1–62 |doi=10.1098/rstb.1983.0080 |bibcode=1983RSPTB.303....1W |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.1983.0080 |access-date=30 March 2022|url-access=subscription }}

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S. kehli

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  • Kolane Station, 58 km ENE of Taroom

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Westgrove Ironstone Member

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  • QM F7822, nearly complete skull with mandible and postcrania

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A gigantic chigutisaurid temnospondyl, representing a relictual genus isolated in the Australian Ecoregion, as well one of the largest Mesozoic amphibians

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File:Siderops2DB.png

=Phytoplankton=

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! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

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Chomotriletes

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  • C. triangularis

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Zygnemataceae. A genus derived from freshwater filamentous or unicellular, uniseriate (unbranched) green algae.

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=Bryophyta=

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! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

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Anapiculatisporites

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  • A. dawsonensis
  • A. pristidentatus

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Incertae sedis; affinities with Bryophyta.

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Cingutriletes

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  • C. clavus
  • C. parvus

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Incertae sedis; affinities with Bryophyta.

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Distalanulisporites

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  • D. punctus
  • D. verrucosus

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Sphagnaceae in the Sphagnopsida.

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Foraminisporis

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  • F. spp.

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  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Notothyladaceae in the Anthocerotopsida.

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Nevesisporites

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  • N. vallatus

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  • Boxvale Area
  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole

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  • Spores

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Incertae sedis; affinities with Bryophyta. This spore is found in Jurassic sediments associated with the polar regions.

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Polycingulatisporites

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  • P. crenulatus
  • P. densatus
  • P. mooniensis
  • P. triangularis
  • P. tortuosus

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  • Boxvale Area
  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Notothyladaceae in the Anthocerotopsida. Hornwort spores.

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File:Notothylas orbicularis (Anthocerotophyta (hornwort)).png specimens]]

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Rogalskaisporites

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  • R. cicatricosus
  • R. multicicatricosus

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Sphagnaceae in the Sphagnopsida.

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Stereisporites

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  • S. antiquasporites
  • S. radiatus

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  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Sphagnaceae in the Sphagnopsida. "Peat moss" spores, related to genera such as Sphagnum that can store large amounts of water.

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File:SphagnumFallax.jpg specimens]]

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Staplinisporites

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  • S. caminus
  • S. manifestus
  • S. pocockii

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  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the family Encalyptaceae in the Bryopsida. Branching moss spores, indicating high water-depleting environments.

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File:Encalypta alpina (a, 124941-470711) 2281.JPG specimens; Staplinisporites probably come from similar genera]]

=Lycophyta=

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! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

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! Images

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Antulsporites

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  • A. granulatus
  • A. saevus
  • A. varigranulatus
  • A. spp.

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Affinities with the Selaginellaceae in the Lycopsida.

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Apiculatisporis

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  • A. spp.

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  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

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  • Spores

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Incertae sedis; affinities with Lycopodiopsida

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Cadargasporites

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  • C. baculatus
  • C. granulatus
  • C. reticulatus

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  • Boxvale Area
  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Selaginellaceae in the Lycopsida. Herbaceous lycophyte flora, similar to ferns, found in humid settings. This family of spores are also the most diverse in the formation.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Selaginella erythropus kz02.jpg, typical example of Selaginellaceae]]

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Camarozonosporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. clivosus
  • C. ramosus
  • C. rudis
  • C. spp.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Lycopodiaceae in the Lycopodiopsida. Lycopod spores, related to herbaceous to arbustive flora common in humid environments.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |Dictyotosporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • D. sandrana

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ DRD 22

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |Incertae sedis; affinities with Lycopodiopsida.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Lycopodiumsporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • L. austroclavatidites
  • L. circolumenus
  • L. rosewoodensis
  • L. semimuris
  • L. triangularis

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Lycopodiaceae in the Lycopodiopsida. Lycopod spores, related to herbaceous to arbustive flora common in humid environments.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Lycopodium annotinum 161102.jpg specimens]]

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Neoraistrickia

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • N. elongata
  • N. suratensis
  • N. truncata
  • N. spp.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Selaginellaceae in the Lycopsida.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Punctatosporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. walkomii

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with Lycopodiopsida.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Retitriletes

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • R. austroclavatidites
  • R. huttonensis
  • R. rosewoodensis
  • R. semimurus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Lycopodiaceae in the Lycopodiopsida.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Lycopodiumsporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • S. pseudoalveolatus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Lycopodiaceae in the Lycopodiopsida. Lycopod spores, related to herbaceous to arbustive flora common in humid environments.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Uvaesporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • U. verrucosus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Selaginellaceae in the Lycopsida.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

=Pteridophyta=

class = "wikitable"
Genus

! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

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Annulispora{{Cite journal |last=Paten |first=R.J. |date=1967 |title=Microfloral distribution in the Lower Jurassic Evergreen Formation of the Boxvale area, Surat Basin,Queensland |journal=Queensland Government Mining Journal |volume=68 |issue=79 |pages=345–349}}{{Cite journal |last=McKellar |first=J. L. |date=1974 |title=Jurassic miospores from the upper Evergreen Formation, Hutton Sandstone, and basal Injune Creek Group, north-eastern Surat Basin |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316921096 |journal=Geological Survey of Queensland |volume=361 |issue=35 |pages=1–47 |via=ResearchGate}}

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • A. altmarkensis
  • A. badia
  • A. densata
  • A. folliculosa
  • A. microannulata
  • A. radiata
  • A. triangularis
  • A. spp.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the genus Saccoloma, type representative of the family Saccolomataceae. This fern spore resembles those of the living genus Saccoloma, being probably from a pantropical genus found in wet, shaded forest areas.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Saccoloma brasiliense kz02.jpg specimens; Annulispora probably comes from similar genera or maybe a species in the genus]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Baculatisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • B. comaumensis

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Osmundaceae in the Polypodiopsida. Near fluvial current ferns, related to the modern Osmunda regalis.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) - Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland 2019-08-10.jpg specimens; Baculatisporites and Todisporites probably come from similar genera or maybe a species from the genus]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Biretisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • B. modestus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Marattiaceae in the Polypodiopsida. Fern spores from low herbaceous flora.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Cingulatisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. caminus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Clavatisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. hammenii

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Cyathidites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. australis
  • C. minor

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Cyatheaceae in the Cyatheales. Arboreal fern spores.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Cyathea medullaris.JPG]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Dictyophyllidites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • D. mortoni

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale area

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Matoniaceae in the Gleicheniales.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Duplexisporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • D. problematicus
  • D. spp.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Foveosporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • F. moretonensis

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Gleicheniidites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • G. senonicus
  • G. spp.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Gleicheniales in the Polypodiopsida. Fern spores from low herbaceous flora.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Chemancheri 20181117 122614.jpg specimens; Gleicheniidites probably come from similar genera or maybe a species in the genus]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Granulatisporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • G. spp.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Pteridaceae in the Polypodiopsida. Forest ferns from humid ground locations.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Starr-091207-0293-Pityrogramma austroamericana-habit-Behind Holua Haleakala National Park-Maui (24898271151).jpg specimens]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Heliosporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • H. spp

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Ischyosporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • I. marburgensis
  • I. surangulus

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Leiotriletes

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • L. directus
  • L. magnus

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Leptolepidites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • L. major
  • L. verrucatus

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Dennstaedtiaceae in the Polypodiales. Forest fern spores.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Fern Path (9540302241).jpg specimens; Leptolepidites probably comes from similar genera]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Matonisporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • M. spp

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Matoniaceae in the Gleicheniales.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Osmundacidites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • O. wellmanii

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Osmundaceae in the Polypodiopsida. Near fluvial current ferns, related to the modern Osmunda regalis.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Peroaletes

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. rugosus

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Perotrilites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. tenuis

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Incertae sedis; affinities with the Pteridophyta

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Polypodiisporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. ipsviciensis

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Dennstaedtiaceae in the Polypodiales. Forest fern spores.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Rugulatisporites

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • R. ramosus
  • R. spp.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Spores

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Osmundaceae in the Polypodiopsida. Near fluvial current ferns, related to the modern Osmunda regalis.

| style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

=Peltaspermales=

class = "wikitable"
Genus

! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

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Alisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • A. australis
  • A. lowoodensis
  • A. similis

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the families Peltaspermaceae, Corystospermaceae or Umkomasiaceae in the Peltaspermales. Pollen of uncertain provenance that can be derived from any of the members of the Peltaspermales. The lack of distinctive characters and poor conservation make this pollen difficult to classify. Arboreal to arbustive seed ferns.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Kekryphalospora

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • K. distincta

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the families Peltaspermaceae, Corystospermaceae or Umkomasiaceae in the Peltaspermales. Extremely abundant

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Vitreisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • V. contectus
  • V. pallidus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

From the family Caytoniaceae in the Caytoniales. Caytoniaceae are a complex group of Mesozoic fossil floras that may be related to both Peltaspermales and Ginkgoaceae.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

=Cycadophyta=

class = "wikitable"
Genus

! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

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Cycadopites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. crassimarginis
  • C. granulatus
  • C. infirmus
  • C. nitidus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Cycadaceae in the Cycadales or with Cycadaceae and Bennettitaceae. It has been found associated with the Bennetite pollen cone Bennettistemon

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Cycas platyphylla Male cone 3.jpg]]

=Conifers=

class = "wikitable"
Genus

! Species

! Stratigraphic position

! Material

! Notes

! Images

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Araucariacites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • A. australis
  • A. fissus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Araucariaceae in the Pinales. Conifer pollen from medium to large arboreal plants.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Araucaria bidwillii - pollen cones.jpg. Callialasporites may come from a related plant]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Callialasporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. dampierii
  • C. turbatus
  • C. propinquivellersis{{Cite journal |last=Cooling |first=Jennifer J. |last2=and McKellar |first2=John L. |date=2025-01-02 |title=Palynology of the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition, Surat Basin, Australia |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01916122.2024.2384509 |journal=Palynology |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=2384509 |doi=10.1080/01916122.2024.2384509 |issn=0191-6122|doi-access=free }}

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • GSQ DRD 24

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Araucariaceae in the Pinales. Conifer pollen from medium to large arboreal plants.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Classopollis

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • C. classoides
  • C. meyeriana
  • C. simplex
  • C. spp.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Hirmeriellaceae in the Pinopsida.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Inaperturopollenites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • I. turbatus
  • I. spp.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the Pinidae inside Coniferae.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Pinus cembra cones in Gröden crop.jpg Cone, example of the Pinidae. Inaperturopollenites is similar to the pollen found on this genus]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Indusiisporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • I. parvisaccatus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Podocarpaceae inside Coniferae.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Perinopollenites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. elatoides

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • Chinchilla 4 Borehole
  • Condabri MB9-H Borehole
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole
  • Kenya East GW7 Borehole
  • Moonie 31 Borehole
  • Reedy Creek MB3-H Borehole
  • Roma 8 Borehole
  • Taroom 17 Borehole
  • West Wandoan 1 Borehole
  • Woleebee Creek GW4 Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Cupressaceae in the Pinopsida. Pollen that resembles that of extant genera such as the genus Actinostrobus and Austrocedrus, probably derived from dry environments.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Austrocedrus chilensis.jpg]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Podocarpidites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. ellipticus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Podocarpaceae. Pollen from diverse types of Podocarpaceous conifers, that include morphotypes similar to the low arbustive Microcachrys and the medium arbustive Lepidothamnus, likely linked with Upland settings

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Microcachrys tetragona 112011800.jpg]]

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Podosporites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • P. spp.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Podocarpaceae.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Trisaccites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • T. variabilis

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Podocarpaceae.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Zonalapollenites

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Z. dampieri
  • Z. segmentatus
  • Z. trilobatus

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Boxvale Area
  • GSQ Mundubera Borehole

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

  • Pollen

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

Affinities with the family Pinaceae in the Pinopsida. Conifer pollen from medium to large arboreal plants.

|style="background:#D1FFCF;" |

File:Picea Pungens Young Cones.jpg.]]

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |last1=Warren |first1=A. |title=Jurassic labyrinthodont |journal=Nature |date=1977 |volume=265 |issue=2 |pages=436–437 |doi=10.1038/265436b0 |bibcode=1977Natur.265..436W |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/265436b0 |access-date=31 May 2023|url-access=subscription }}

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