D.3122.3 (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (63.9° S, 57.6° W: paleocoordinates 62.1° S, 68.2° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marambio Group, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified 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 153424: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 16.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Pterospermella australiense
  -
Rugubivesiculites
  -
Bryopsida
  -
Marchantiopsida
  - Marchantiidae
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus spp. Kutzing 1849
Magnoliopsida
  -
Periporopollenites "sp. A" Pflug and Thomson 1953
Tricolporites lillei Stover and Evans 1973
Angiospermae
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "sp. 4" Couper 1953
de Truswell 1983
Tricolpites "sp. A" Couper 1953
Tricolpites gilli Cookson 1957
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Propylipollis "sp. A" Martin and Harris 1975
Propylipollis cf. annularis Martin and Harris 1974
Cranwellipollis "sp. 1" Martin and Harris 1975
de Truswell 1983
Cranwellipollis subpalisadus Martin and Harris 1974
Triporopollenites "sp. A" Pflug and Thomson 1953
Triporopollenites "sp. 3" Pflug and Thomson 1953
de Truswell 1983
Triporopollenites "sp. B" Pflug and Thomson 1953
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites spp. Potonié 1960
Nothofagidites lachlaniae Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Nothofagidites asperus Cookson 1958
Nothofagidites senectus Dettmann and Playford 1968
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Dacrycarpites australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Perotrilites laceratus Dettmann and Thomson 1987 spikemoss
 Selaginellales -
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963 clubmoss
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites spp. Potonié 1931
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites spp. Erdtman and Couper 1947
  - Gleicheniaceae
  - Marsileaceae
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites major Krutzsch 1959
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites asper Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Polypodiaceoisporites elegans Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966
Osmundacidites spp. Couper 1953
Prasinophytae
  -
Crassosphaera spp. Cookson and Manum 1960
Dinophyceae
  -
Spiniferites ramosus Lentin and Williams 1973
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Isabelidinium pellucidum Lentin and Williams 1977
Isabelidinium cf. bakeri Lentin and Williams 1977
Isabelidinium cretaceum Lentin and Williams 1977
Chatangiella cf. campbellensis Lentin and Williams 1976
 Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae
Palaeocystodinium granulatum Lentin and Williams 1976
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Cribroperidinium "sp. A" Neale and Sarjeant 1962
Operculodinium sp. Wall 1967
Retistephanocolporites
  -
Retistephanocolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wijmstra 1966
 Pinidae - Pinidae
 Dinoflagellata -
Palambages "Form A" Wetzel 1961
from Manum and Cookson 1964
Paralecaniella indentata Cookson and Eisenack 1970