Where: Alexander Island, Antarctica (70.8° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 60.9° S, 24.2° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ablation Point Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandstone and shale
Collection methods: fossils are generally sparse and poorly preserved
Primary reference: P. J. Butterworth, J. A. Crame, P. J. Howlett and D. I. M. Macdonald. 1988. Lithostratigraphy of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous strata of eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 9(3):249-264 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2073: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Retroceramus haasti Hochstetter 1863 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
cf. Belemnopsis alfurica, cf. Belemnopsis keari, cf. Belemnopsis gerardi, cf. Belemnopsis tanganensis
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cf. Perisphinctes transatlanticus ammonite originally entered as "Perisphinctes cf. transatlanticus"
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