Echinoidea, Hidden Lake fm, Santonian, James Ross Island: Santonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Giraliaster sp. Foster and Philip 1978
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Mytiloides africanus (Heinz 1930)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Menuites patagonicus
Menuites patagonicus
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica County:James Ross Island
Coordinates: 63.0° South, 57.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.1° South, 63.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gustav Formation:Hidden Lake
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green siltstone
Secondary lithology:fine sandstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:39613
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-01 02:57:02 Last modified:2004-06-01 08:12:11
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-01 02:57:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10605. D. Néraudeau, A. Crame, and M. Kooser. 2000. Upper Cretaceous echinoids from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Géobios 33(4):455-466 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]