Reworked Devonian (Givetian-Frasnian) spores from a Permian glacially-derived sequence at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

Emphanisporites rotatus McGregor emend. McGregor 1973 is a distinctive Devonian spore with a known primary source age range in Australia spanning the upper Givetian to early Frasnian (Middle to Late Devonian). This is the first record of the species from Victoria. It occurs as a reworked element in...

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Main Authors: R Pierson, C Foster, N Archbold
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2001
Subjects:
palynology
Permian
Devonian
Victorian
diamictite
Emphanisporites
040308 Palaeontology (incl Palynology)
MD Multidisciplinary
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001353
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Summary:Emphanisporites rotatus McGregor emend. McGregor 1973 is a distinctive Devonian spore with a known primary source age range in Australia spanning the upper Givetian to early Frasnian (Middle to Late Devonian). This is the first record of the species from Victoria. It occurs as a reworked element in an Early Permian assemblage belonging to the Granularisporites confluens Zone derived from glacigene diamictite in the Bacchus Marsh area. As the predominant direction of Permian ice movement recorded in the Bacchus Marsh district was south-west to north-east, it is possible that the reworked spores were transported from Antarctica.

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