Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 69.1° S, 49.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hysteroceras orbignyi ammonoid zone, Gin Cove Member (Whisky Bay Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gin Cove Mbr of the Whisky Bay Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Hidden Lake Fm (Coniacian), and overlies the Kotick Point Fm. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of stratigraphic position and macrofossil biostratigraphy; Hysteroceras orbignyi zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds throughout the member in this section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, lenticular conglomerate and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including J.A. Crame and M.R.A Thompson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably British Antarctic Survey and Oxford University Museum (OUM).
Primary reference: J. R. Ineson, J. A. Crame, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the Cretaceous strata of west James Ross Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 7:141-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83366: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aucellina sp. Pompeckj 1901 scallop | |
Maccoyella sp. scallop | |
Inoceramus carsoni McCoy 1865 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Labeceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite | |
Ptychoceras sp. d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
"Anagaudryceras buddha" = Anagaudryceras sacya
"Anagaudryceras buddha" = Anagaudryceras sacya Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
? Pachydesmoceras sp. Spath 1922 ammonite | |
Hysteroceras aff. orbignyi Spath 1922 ammonite | |
Parahibolites blanfordi belemnite | |
"Tetrabelus sp." = Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus), "Tetrabelus cf. seclusus" = Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus)
"Tetrabelus sp." = Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus) belemnite
"Tetrabelus cf. seclusus" = Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus) belemnite |