Whisky Bay, James Ross B5 (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (63.8° S, 58.1° W: paleocoordinates 67.1° S, 56.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Whisky Bay Formation (Gustav Group), Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and lithified sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: Los preparados se encuentran depositados en la palinoteca del Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos bajo la sigla CIRGEO Palin y los números de catálogo 1053 a 1124.

Primary reference: V. D. Barreda, S. Palamarczuk, and F. Medina. 1999. Palinología de la Formación Hidden Lake (Coniaciano-Santoniano), Isla James Ross, Antártida. Revista Española de Micropaleontología (31)53-72 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169324: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 19.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Dryadopollis
  -
Dryadopollis "sp.1" Srivastava 1977
Phimopollenites
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Nyssapollenites
  -
Nyssapollenites spp. Thiergart 1937
Cupuliferoidaepollenites
  -
Cupuliferoidaepollenites sp. Potonié et al. 1950
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953
Alisporites
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Alisporites similis Dettmann 1963
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites "sp.1" Cookson and Couper 1953
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Osmundaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Pteridopsida
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Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites velatus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites elliottii Stover 1973 spikemoss
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
? Isabelidinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1977
Trithyrodinium vermiculatum Lentin and Williams 1976
  -
Spiniferites ramosus Lentin and Williams 1973
S. ramosus cf. gracilis
 Gonyaulacales - Hystrichosphaeridiaceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Heterosphaeridium heteracanthum Eisennack and Kjellström 1972
Impagidinium spp. Stover and Evitt 1978