Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 61.7° S, 47.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kotick Point Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kotick Point Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Whisky Bay Fm (Albian-Coniacian). AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; here placed in the Albian on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds in lower part of the section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy 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 83559: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Lithancylus cf. guanacoense ammonite | |
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite | |
Sanmartinoceras sp. Bonarelli 1921 ammonite | |
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
Aucellina cf. andina scallop | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 |