Dinoflagellate microfossil data offers a method for distinguishing Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Bookpurnong beds from older lithologically similar sediments. The dataset likely contains species lists, including Melitasphaeridium aequabile and Tuberculodinium vancampoae, which are diagnostic for specific formations. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated on 2026-06-17.
Use Cases
- Correlating Late Miocene-Early Pliocene sedimentary units based on diagnostic dinoflagellate species mentioned in the description
- Distinguishing Bookpurnong beds from Oligocene-Middle Miocene facies using species assemblages described
- Refining regional stratigraphic models for the central west Murray Basin based on fossil marker species
Strengths
- Identifies specific diagnostic species for distinct geological formations, such as Melitasphaeridium choanophorum for the Bookpurnong beds
- Provides a biostratigraphic method for distinguishing lithologically similar units across different time periods
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Late Miocene to Early Pliocene
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-17 02:09:49.336416; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Central west Murray Basin