Australian geology
The evolution of the Australian flora: fossil evidence
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Hill, R.S., Truswell, E.M., McLoughlin, S. & Dettmann, M.E. 1999. The evolution of the Australian flora: fossil evidence. Flora of Australia, 2nd Edition, 1 (Introduction): 251-320.
The prehistory of the Australian vegetation is summarized – from the earliest traces of life in the Precambrian to the... more
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Download (.pdf) Cainozoic euphorbiacean wood from the Canning Basin, Western Australia
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Bamford, M. & McLoughlin, S., 2000. Cainozoic euphorbiacean wood from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa 24, 243-256.
A new species of fossil wood is described, Bridelioxylon canningense Bamford & McLoughlin, belonging to the... more
The Australasian Cretaceous scene
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McLoughlin, S. & Kear, B.P., 2010. The Australasian Cretaceous scene. Alcheringa 34, 197–203.
The Cretaceous saw dramatic changes in the tectonic setting, landscape and biodiversity of Australasia. Continental... more
Early Cretaceous megaspore assemblages from southeastern Australia
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Tosolini, A.-M., McLoughlin, S. & Drinnan, A.N. 2002. Early Cretaceous megaspore assemblages from southeastern Australia. Cretaceous Research, 23: 807-844.
Twenty-nine megaspore species including six new taxa (Bacutriletes otwayensis sp. nov., Erlansonisporites cerebrus sp.... more
Australian Jurassic sedimentary and fossil successions: current work and future prospects for marine and non-marine correlation
Turner, S., Bean, L.B., Dettmann, M., McKellar, J.L., McLoughlin, S. & Thulborn, T., 2009: Australian Jurassic sedimentary and fossil successions: current work and future prospects for marine and non-marine correlation. GFF 131, 49–70.
Strata of Jurassic age occur extensively across onshore Australia, but they are predominantly of non-marine origin.... more
The Jurassic flora of Western Australia
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McLoughlin, S. & Pott, C., 2009: The Jurassic flora of Western Australia. GFF 131, 113–136.
Jurassic plant remains in Western Australia are sparse but small assemblages of impression fossils have been deposited... more
Anatomically preserved Glossopteris leaves from the Bowen and Sydney basins, Australia
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Pigg, K.B. & McLoughlin, S. 1997. Anatomically preserved Glossopteris leaves from the Bowen and Sydney basins, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 97: 339-359.
Anatomically preserved vegetative Glossopteris leaves in silicified peat deposits of Late Permian age are described... more
Early Jurassic annelid cocoons from eastern Australia
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Jansson, I.-M., McLoughlin, S. & Vajda, V., 2008. Early Jurassic annelid cocoons from eastern Australia. Alcheringa 32: 285-296.
A small assemblage of clitellate annelid cocoons (egg cases) is described from the Early Jurassic Marburg Subgroup,... more
Late Permian plant megafossils from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part 2
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McLoughlin, S. 1994. Late Permian plant megafossils from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part 2. Palaeontographica 231B, 1-29.
Late Permian floras of the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia, are dominated by Glossopteris leaves. Ten new species... more
Permian sphenophytes from the Collie and Perth Basins, Western Australia
McLoughlin, S., 1992. Permian sphenophytes from the Collie and Perth Basins, Western Australia. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol.,
75: 153-182.
Lelstotheca lanceolata and Sphenophyllum morganae are newly described from the Irwin River Coal Measures (Artinskian),... more
Late Permian glossopterid fructifications from the Bowen and Sydney Basins, eastern Australia
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McLoughlin, S. 1990. Late Permian glossopterid fructifications from the Bowen and Sydney Basins, eastern Australia. Geobios, 23: 283-297.
The morphology and taxonomy of several glossopterid reproductive structures, from Late Permian nonmarine strata of... more
Plant fossil distributions in some Australian Permian non-marine sediments
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McLoughlin, S., 1993. Plant fossil distributions in some Australian Permian non-marine sediments. Sedimentary Geology 85, 601-619.
Plant remains occur in all post-Devonian, lowland, terrestrial depositional systems, with distinctive assemblages... more
Late Permian plant megafossils from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part 1
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McLoughlin, S. 1992. Late Permian plant megafossils from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part 1. Palaeontographica 228B: 105-149.
Permian non-marine strata in the southern Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia, yield abundant plant megafossils... more
Late Permian plant megafossils from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part 3
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McLoughlin, S. 1994. Late Permian plant megafossils from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Part 3. Palaeontographica 231B: 31-62.
Glossopterid gymnosperms dominate the Late Permian floras of the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. Seven new species... more
Nothofagus plicata (Nothofagaceae), a new deciduous Eocene macrofossil species, from southern continental Australia
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Scriven, L.J., McLoughlin, S. & Hill, R.S., 1995. Nothofagus plicata (Nothofagaceae), a new deciduous Eocene macrofossil species, from southern continental Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 86, 199–209.
A new leaf species of Nothofagaceae, Nothofagus plicata, from southern and southwestern continental Australia is... more
Some Permian glossopterid fructifications and leaves from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia
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McLoughlin, S., 1990. Some Permian glossopterid fructifications and leaves from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 62, 11-40.
Three new glossopterid fructifications and a new Glossopteris leaf are described from Late Permian sediments of the... more
Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) flora and fauna of the Lower Strzelecki Group, Gippsland Basin, Victoria
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McLoughlin, S., Tosolini, A.-M., Nagalingum, N.S. & Drinnan, A.N., 2002. The Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) flora and fauna of the lower Strzelecki Group, Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 26, 1-144.
Fossil assemblages are described from the Tyers River Subgroup (late Berriasian to Hauterivian), Gippsland Basin,... more
An Early Jurassic flora from the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Australia
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Jansson, I.-M., McLoughlin, S., Vajda, V. & Pole M., 2008. An Early Jurassic flora from the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 150: 5-21.
A low-diversity Early Jurassic flora preserved in floodbasin siltstones of the Marburg Subgroup at Inverleigh Quarry... more