Where: Antarctica (63.9° S, 58.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 59.5° S, 21.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ameghino Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• Blocks of reworked tuffaceous shale in conglomerate of Kotick Point Formation. Cephalopods are indicative of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos (CIRGEO)

Primary reference: M. B. Aguirre-Urreta, L. A. Buatois, G. C. B. Chernoglasov and F. A. Medina. 1990. First Polychelidae (Crustacea, Palinura) from the Jurassic of Antarctica. Antarctic Science 2:157-162 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 158964: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 23.07.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

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