Where: Alexander Island, Antarctica (70.8° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 64.6° S, 37.3° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Spartan Glacier Formation, Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 132.9 Ma)
• fossils in formation divided into three faunas, spanning Valanginian through Aptian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandstone and shale
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 2076: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Belemnopsis alexandri belemnite
Belemnopsis gladiatoris belemnite | |
Bochianites sp. Lory 1898 ammonite | |
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite | |