D.533.4, Humps Islet (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.0° S, 57.4° W: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1953. The Upper Cretaceous cephalopod fauna of Graham Land. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports 3:1-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166165: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phyllopachyceras forbesianum
Phyllopachyceras forbesianum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Gunnarites flexuosus, Gunnarites pachys, Neograhamites kiliani n. sp., Neograhamites aff. taylori
Gunnarites flexuosus Spath 1953 ammonite
incl. var. transitorius
Gunnarites pachys Spath 1953 ammonite
Neograhamites kiliani n. sp. Spath 1953 ammonite
Neograhamites aff. taylori Spath 1953 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) pictum