Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 67.5° S, 48.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Whisky Bay Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kotick Point Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Hidden Lake Fm (Coniacian). AGE: Albian-Coniacian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy; here placed in the Albian on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds in the lower part of the section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified conglomerate
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 83369: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Aucellina sp. Pompeckj 1901 scallop |