R.1335.8 (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.5° S, 58.8° W: paleocoordinates 68.0° S, 49.1° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gustav Group, Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: M. E. Dettmann and M. R. A. Thomson. 1987. Cretaceous palynomorphs from the James Ross Island area, Antarctica - A pilot Study. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin (77)13-59 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 153420: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 16.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
  -
Biretisporites "sp. A" Delcourt et al. 1963
Pteridopsida
  -
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Cyclonephelium compactum Deflandre and Cookson 1955
 Dinoflagellata -
Canninginopsis denticulata Cookson and Eisenack 1962