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Abstract
Macphail, M.K. & Partridge, A.D., June 2012. First fossil pollen record of Auriculiidites Elsik, Citation1964 in Australia. Alcheringa 36, 283–286. ISSN 0311-5518.
Fossil auriculate pollen assigned to Auriculiidites Elsik is preserved in middle early Eocene estuarine facies near Strahan, on the west coast of Tasmania. This is the first record of this otherwise Late Cretaceous–Paleocene morphogenus in Australia and possibly the Southern Hemisphere. Auriculiidites is one of several, now tropical, taxa found at Strahan and underscores the area's importance in understanding the impact of early Eocene global warming at high latitudes.
Mike Macphail [[email protected]], Department of Archaeology & Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia; Alan D. Partridge, Biostrata Pty. Ltd. 302 Waiora Rd., Macleod, Victoria 3085, Australia. Received 28.8.2011, revised 5.2.2012, accepted 16.2.2012.
Acknowledgements
Drs Clive Calver and Diane Rowe (Mineral Resources Tasmania) provided access to core recovered from the Strahan BH-1 corehole. Dr Greg Jordan (University of Tasmania) assisted with sampling the core and Professor Bob Hill (University of Adelaide) funded processing of a trial set of six samples. Both kindly commented on the draft manuscript. These important contributions are gratefully acknowledged.