Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 67.5° S, 48.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Whisky Bay Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Whisky Bay Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Hidden Lake Fm (Coniacian), and overlies the Kotick Point Fm. AGE: Albian, on the basis of stratigraphic position and macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds in lower part of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors, F. A. Medina, L. Buatois, A. Lopez Angriman. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: F. A. Medina, L. Buatois, and A. Lopez Angriman. 1992. Estratigrafia del Grupo Gustav en la Isla James Ross, Antartida. Geologia de la Isla James Ross 167-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83554: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Eriphyla sp. Gabb 1864 clam | |
Aucellina cf. hughendenensis scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite | |
Mariella sp. Nowak 1916 ammonite | |
Anagaudryceras sp. Shimizu 1934 ammonite | |
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite |