KG. 1627 Mount Lassell (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (71.5° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 68.2° S, 40.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fossil Bluff Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• "probably Lower Aptian"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

• fine grained indurated mudstones with a conchoidal fracture

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: M. R. A. Thomson and E. F. Owen. 1979. Lower Cretaceous Brachiopoda from South-Eastern Alexander Island. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin (48)15-36 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157583: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 25.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Prochlidonophora muirwoodae
Prochlidonophora muirwoodae Thomson and Owen 1979