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
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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Multicellaesporites | |
unclassified | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites "sp." Wodehouse 1933 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "sp." Kutzing 1849 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Malvacipollis "sp." Harris 1965 | |
Angiospermae | |
Meliapollis "sp." Sah and Kar 1970 mahogany | |
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
Nothofagidites rocaensis Romero 1973
Nothofagidites visserensis Romero 1973
aff. Nothofagidites falcatus Hekel 1972 | |
Nothofagus cretacea Zastawniak 1994 | |
Tricolpites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Schizocolpus "sp." Stover and Partridge 1973 | |
? Propylipollis "sp." Martin and Harris 1975
Proteacidites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Liliacidites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Clavatipollenites "sp." Couper 1958 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
? Sapotacoidaepollenites "sp." Potonié et al. 1950 | |
Myrtaceidites "sp." Cookson and Pike 1960 | |
Triorites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
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" Brongniart 1822 of Rohn et al., 1994 (similar to Phyllites sp. 3 of Troncoso, 1986)
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Polypodiopsida | |
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Verrucosisporites "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
Cyatheacidites "sp." Potonié 1956 | |
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Laevigatosporites "sp." Ibrahim 1933 | |
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Klukisporites "sp." Couper 1958 | |
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Pteridopsida | |
Leiotriletes "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954
Cyathidites "sp." Couper 1953
Deltoidospora "sp." Miner 1935
Osmundacidites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Inaperturopollenites "sp." Potonié 1966 |