Where: Alexander Island, Antarctica (70.8° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 65.9° S, 39.3° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Spartan Glacier Formation, Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 129.4 Ma)
• fossils in this formation divided into three faunas that span from 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 2077: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Parainoceramus sp." = Kolymia
"Parainoceramus sp." = Kolymia clam | |
Aucellina sp. Pompeckj 1901 scallop
Aucellina caucasia-aptiensis Pompeckj 1901 scallop
Aucellina radiatostriata Bonarelli and Nagera 1921 scallop | |