Seymour Island II (Paleocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 66.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sobral Formation (Marambio Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. F. Filkorn. 1994. Fossil scleractinian corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 65:1-96 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11305: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.08.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"? Cladocora antarctica n. sp." = Cladocora jamaicaensis
"? Cladocora antarctica n. sp." = Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora sobral
Madrepora sobral stony coral
Mostly branch fragments
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
? Flabellum anderssoni
? Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Lophelia sp.
Lophelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral