Eocene spore‐pollen from the werillup formation, Western Australia

Abstract

Abstract Late middle Eocene to early late Eocene spores and pollen from the Werillup Formation in the Bremer Basin of Western Australia are diverse, generally abundant, and well preserved. The assemblage from the Fitzgerald River area is strikingly similar to assemblages of comparable age from southeastern Australia, to which it is correlated on the co‐occurrence of several stratigraphically restricted species. Moreover, a significant number of species, previously known only from southern and southeastern Australia, are recorded for the first time in Western Australia and thirteen new species are described. These are Clavatipollenites glarius, Liliacidites phormoides, Proteacidites bremerensis, P. cumulus, P. rugulatus, P. rynthius, P. scitus, Propylipollis tegillis, Tetracolpo‐rites palynius, Tricolporiles adelaidensis, Triporopollenites apiculatus, T. delicalus and T. vargus.