Price Point assemblage (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (62.2° S, 58.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 57.1° S, 68.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Half Three Point Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, tuffaceous, sandy sandstone and lithified, tuffaceous, muddy mudstone

• Section of tuffaceous sandstones, siltstones and mudstones that extends up to 10 m laterally and is approximately 6 m thick, of which about 4 m is fossiliferous. The upper conglomerate has an erosive junction with the fossiliferous section. The beds dip 15°S and display contorted lamination in three or probably four upwardcoarsening cycles, each beginning with very thin beds or lenses of bright coal and tuffaceous mudstones (Dutra et al., 1996). At the top there is a conglomerate that consists of chaotically dispersed volcaniclastic and tuffaceous blocks up to 50 cm in diameter, and pieces of wood and coal.

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: adpression, soft parts, original carbon, original sporopollenin, original cellulose

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

• Museum of Paleontology, Antarctic Section, Vale do Rio dos Sinos University: Repository

Primary reference: T. L. Dutra and D. J. Batten. 2000. Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research (21)181-209 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150271: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 05.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Multicellaesporites
  -
Multicellaesporites "sp."
unclassified
  -
Vermiculate "type"
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites "sp."
Cycadopites "sp." Wodehouse 1933
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus "sp."
Botryococcus "sp." Kutzing 1849
Magnoliopsida
  -
Malvacipollis "sp."
Malvacipollis "sp." Harris 1965
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Meliapollis "sp."
Meliapollis "sp." Sah and Kar 1970 mahogany
 Fagales -
aff. Nothofagidites fuegiensis, Nothofagidites senectus, Nothofagidites endurus, Nothofagidites rocaensis, Nothofagidites visserensis, aff. Nothofagidites falcatus
aff. Nothofagidites fuegiensis Menéndez and Caccavari 1975
Nothofagidites senectus Dettmann and Playford 1968
Nothofagidites endurus Stover and Evans 1973
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus "sp.", Nothofagus cretacea
Nothofagus "sp." Blume 1850
in Rohn et al., 1994 (similar to N. cretacea Zastawniak, 1994)
Nothofagus cretacea Zastawniak 1994
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "sp."
Tricolpites "sp." Couper 1953
 Buxales - Didymelaceae
Schizocolpus "sp."
Schizocolpus "sp." Stover and Partridge 1973
 Proteales - Proteaceae
? Propylipollis "sp.", Proteacidites "sp."
? Propylipollis "sp." Martin and Harris 1975
Proteacidites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites "sp."
Liliacidites "sp." Couper 1953
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites "sp."
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
? Sapotacoidaepollenites "sp."
? Sapotacoidaepollenites "sp." Potonié et al. 1950
 Myrtales -
Myrtaceidites "sp."
Myrtaceidites "sp." Cookson and Pike 1960
  -
Triorites "sp."
Triorites "sp." Couper 1953
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites "sp.", Dacrydiumites "sp.", aff. Podocarpus "sp.", aff. Podozamites pinnatus, ? Phyllocladus "sp.", Phyllocladidites "sp.", Microcachryidites "sp."
Podocarpidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrydiumites "sp." Harris 1965 podocarp
aff. Podocarpus "sp." L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
(similar to Fitzroya tertiaria Berry, 1922 in Czajkowski & Rösler, 1986)
aff. Podozamites pinnatus Cantrill 1991 podocarp
? Phyllocladus "sp." Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp
similar to Podocarpus tertiaria (Berry, 1922) Florin, 1940
Phyllocladidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phyllites
  -
Phyllites "sp. 3"
Phyllites "sp. 3" Brongniart 1822
of Rohn et al., 1994 (similar to Phyllites sp. 3 of Troncoso, 1986)
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia "sp."
Gleichenia "sp." Smith 1793
Pteridophyta: megafossils
  -
Verrucosisporites "sp."
Verrucosisporites "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954
  - Dicksoniaceae
? Dicksonia "sp.", Cyatheacidites "sp."
? Dicksonia "sp." L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
Pteridophyta: megafossils
Cyatheacidites "sp." Potonié 1956
  -
Cladophlebis "sp."
Cladophlebis "sp." Brongniart 1849
Pteridophyta: megafossils
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites "sp."
  - Blechnaceae
aff. Blechnum "sp."
aff. Blechnum "sp." Linnaeus 1753
Pteridophyta: megafossils
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Klukisporites "sp."
Klukisporites "sp." Couper 1958
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
? Dryopteris "sp."
? Dryopteris "sp." Adanson 1763
Pteridophyta: megafossils
Pteridopsida
  -
Leiotriletes "sp.", Cyathidites "sp.", Deltoidospora "sp.", Osmundacidites "sp."
Leiotriletes "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954
Cyathidites "sp." Couper 1953
Deltoidospora "sp." Miner 1935
Osmundacidites "sp." Couper 1953
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites "sp."
Araucariacites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953
 Cupressales - Pinidae
Inaperturopollenites "sp."