D.3030.3 (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (63.9° S, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 68.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Marambio Group, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous siltstone
• The sample is a calcareous siltstone with macerated plant debris, from a concretion surrounding a specimen of ammonite.
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 153427: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 16.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
Interlobites intraverrucatus, Camarazonosporites ambigens, Paleohystrichophora infusorioides, Leiosphaeridiae spp., Fungi indet.
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| Asteropollis asteroides | |
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Asteropollis asteroides Hedlund and Norris 1968 | |
| Phimopollenites | |
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Phimopollenites pannosus Dettmann 1974 | |
| Nyssapollenites | |
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Nyssapollenites spp. Thiergart 1937 | |
| Marchantiopsida | |
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Stoverisporites microverrucatus Burger 1975 | |
| Bryopsida | |
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Stereisporites viriosus Dettmann and Playford 1968
Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Nodosisporites crenimurus Davies 1986
Klukisporites "sp. A" Couper 1958 | |
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Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus Couper 1953 | |
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Biretisporites "sp. A" Delcourt et al. 1963 | |
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Gleicheniidites "sp. A" Dettmann 1963
Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963 | |
Cyatheacidites archangelskii, Cyatheacidites annulatus, Cyatheacidites botuliformis, Trilites spp., Trilites tuberculiformis
Cyatheacidites archangelskii Dettmann 1986
Cyatheacidites annulatus Cookson 1947
Cyatheacidites botuliformis Dettmann 1986
Trilites spp. Erdtman and Couper 1947
Trilites tuberculiformis Cookson 1947 | |
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Baculatisporites comaumensis Potonie 1953 | |
| Foveogleicheniidites confossus | |
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Foveogleicheniidites confossus Burger 1975 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
Ischyosporites volkheimeri, Cyathidites "sp. A", Cyathidites asper, Cyathidites australis, Osmundacidites spp.
Ischyosporites volkheimeri Filatoff 1975
Cyathidites "sp. A" Couper 1953
Cyathidites asper Dettmann 1963
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Osmundacidites spp. Couper 1953 | |
| Algae | |
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Botryococcus spp. Kutzing 1849 | |
| Cycadopites | |
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Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Vitreisporites pallidus Nilsson 1958 | |
| Alisporites | |
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Alisporites grandis Dettmann 1963
Alisporites similis Dettmann 1963 | |
| Lycopodiopsida | |
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Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963 clubmoss | |
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Densoisporites velatus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
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Herkosporites elliottii Stover 1973 spikemoss
Perotrilites laceratus Dettmann and Thomson 1987 spikemoss | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953 | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Triorites minor Couper 1953 | |
Microcachryidites antarcticus, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, ? Lygistepollenites balmei, Podocarpidites ellipticus
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
? Lygistepollenites balmei Stover and Evans 1973 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp | |
| Manumiella lata | |
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Manumiella lata Bujak and Davies 1983 | |
| Dinophyceae | |
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Spinidinium cf. echinoideum Lentin and Williams 1976 | |
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Isabelidinium cretaceum Lentin and Williams 1977
Chatangiella tripartita Lentin and Williams 1976
Chatangiella serratula Lentin and Williams 1976 | |
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Cyclonephelium distinctum Deflandre and Cookson 1955 | |
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Chlamydophorella cf. discreta Clarke and Verdier 1967
Chlamydophorella nyei Cookson and Eisenack 1958 | |
Oligosphaeridium pulcherrimum, Heterosphaeridium heteracanthum, ? Stephodinium "sp. A", Kiokansium polypes, Pterodinium cingulatum
Oligosphaeridium pulcherrimum Davey and Williams 1966
Heterosphaeridium heteracanthum Eisennack and Kjellström 1972
? Stephodinium "sp. A" Deflandre 1936
Kiokansium polypes Below 1982
Pterodinium cingulatum Below 1981 | |
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Xenascus australensis Cookson and Eisenack 1969
Odontochitina porifera Cookson 1956
Odontochitina costata Alberti 1961 | |
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Diconodinium cristatum Cookson and Eisenack 1974
Spiniferites ramosus Lentin and Williams 1973 | |
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Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
| Disphaera | |
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Disphaera macropyla Cookson and Eisenack 1960 | |