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
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cyatheacidites annulatus Cookson 1947 | |
Biretisporites "sp. A" Delcourt et al. 1963 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Cribroperidinium edwardsii Davey 1969 | |
Cyclonephelium compactum Deflandre and Cookson 1955 | |
Canninginopsis denticulata Cookson and Eisenack 1962 |