Where: Antarctica (62.2° S, 58.7° W: paleocoordinates 60.0° S, 69.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Half Three Point Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 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: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites "sp." Ibrahim 1933 | |
Verrucosisporites "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
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Klukisporites "sp." Couper 1958 | |
Cyatheacidites "sp." Potonié 1956 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites "sp." Couper 1953
Leiotriletes "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954
Deltoidospora "sp." Miner 1935
Osmundacidites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Phyllites | |
Phyllites "sp. 3" Brongniart 1822 of Rohn et al., 1994 (similar to Phyllites sp. 3 of Troncoso, 1986)
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Angiospermae | |
Liliacidites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Clavatipollenites "sp." Couper 1958 | |
Tricolpites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
? Propylipollis "sp." Martin and Harris 1975
Proteacidites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Schizocolpus "sp." Stover and Partridge 1973 | |
Nothofagidites visserensis, aff. Nothofagidites falcatus, aff. Nothofagidites fuegiensis, Nothofagidites senectus, Nothofagidites endurus, Nothofagidites rocaensis
Nothofagidites visserensis Romero 1973
aff. Nothofagidites falcatus Hekel 1972
aff. Nothofagidites fuegiensis Menéndez and Caccavari 1975
Nothofagidites senectus Dettmann and Playford 1968
Nothofagidites endurus Stover and Evans 1973
Nothofagidites rocaensis Romero 1973 | |
Nothofagus cretacea Zastawniak 1994 | |
Meliapollis "sp." Sah and Kar 1970 mahogany | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceidites "sp." Cookson and Pike 1960 | |
? Sapotacoidaepollenites "sp." Potonié et al. 1950 | |
Triorites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Malvacipollis "sp." Harris 1965 | |
aff. Podozamites pinnatus, Phyllocladidites "sp.", Podocarpidites "sp.", aff. Podocarpus "sp.", Microcachryidites "sp.", Dacrydiumites "sp.", ? Phyllocladus "sp."
aff. Podozamites pinnatus Cantrill 1991 podocarp
Phyllocladidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
aff. Podocarpus "sp." L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp (similar to Fitzroya tertiaria Berry, 1922 in Czajkowski & Rösler, 1986)
Microcachryidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrydiumites "sp." Harris 1965 podocarp
? Phyllocladus "sp." Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp similar to Podocarpus tertiaria (Berry, 1922) Florin, 1940
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Algae | |
Botryococcus "sp." Kutzing 1849 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Inaperturopollenites "sp." Potonié 1966 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites "sp." Wodehouse 1933 | |
Multicellaesporites | |