8665 (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (63.9° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 61.7° S, 68.4° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marambio Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, medium, pebbly 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 153425: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 16.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Nyssapollenites
  -
Nyssapollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963 clubmoss
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites elliottii Stover 1973 spikemoss
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites velatus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
Pteridopsida
  -
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites spp. Potonié 1931
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites spp. Erdtman and Couper 1947
  - Polypodiaceae
  - Osmundaceae
  -
Biretisporites "sp. A" Delcourt et al. 1963
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites senectus Dettmann and Playford 1968
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953
Tricolpites gilli Cookson 1957
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites "sp. A" Pflug and Thomson 1953
Triporopollenites "sp. 3" Pflug and Thomson 1953
from Truswell 1983
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
  -
Periporopollenites "sp. A" Pflug and Thomson 1953
Marchantiopsida
  - Marchantiidae
unclassified
  -
Fungi indet. Jahn and Jahn 1959
Hyphae and fruiting bodies
Dinophyceae
  -
Xenikoon australis Cookson and Eisenack 1960
 Gonyaulacales -
Chlamydophorella cf. discreta Clarke and Verdier 1967
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Heterosphaeridium heteracanthum Eisennack and Kjellström 1972
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
 Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae
Spinidinium cf. lanterna Cookson and Eisenack 1970
  -
Nelsoniella aceras Cookson and Eisenack 1960
 Dinoflagellata -
Palambages "Form A" Wetzel 1961
from Manum and Cookson 1964
Paralecaniella indentata Cookson and Eisenack 1970
 Life -
Maduradinum sp. Cookson and Eisenack 1970