Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.9° W: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 67.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: López de Bertodano Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 61.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified, gray, silty, sandy siltstone and lithified, muddy mudstone
Size class: microfossils
• Other: Palynomorphs
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
• Repository: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Wasington, DC
Primary reference: R. A. Askin. 1994. Monosulcate angiosperm pollen from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian-Danian) of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 81:151-164 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 151074: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 20.09.2013, edited by Carlos Jaramillo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Magnoliopsida | |
Gemmamonocolpites pilulus Askin 1994 | |
Angiospermae | |
Liliacidites "sp. 1", Liliacidites "sp.", Liliacidites cf. variegatus, Liliacidites aviemorensis, Liliacidites cf. kaitangataensis
Liliacidites "sp. 1" Couper 1953
Liliacidites "sp." Couper 1953
Liliacidites cf. variegatus Couper 1953
Liliacidites aviemorensis McIntyre 1968
Liliacidites cf. kaitangataensis Couper 1953 | |
Clavamonocolpites polygonalis Askin 1994 | |
Arecipites cf. waitakiensis Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989 palm | |
Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
Drimys indet. Forster and Forster 1775 magnoliids |