Antarctic flora (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Also known as Antarctic peninsula region

Where: Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica (69.5° S, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 73.9° S, 47.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cretaceous to Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Primary reference: M. E. Dettmann. 1989. Antarctica: Cretaceous cradle of austral temperate rainforests?. In J. A. Crame (ed.), Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota 47:89-105 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172746: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 20.08.2015

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Lygistepollenites indet. Harris 1965 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites indet. Thiergart 1937
 Gunnerales -
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Beaupreaidites indet. PotoniƩ 1960
 Proteales -
Peninsulapollis indet. Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
 Fagales -
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
  - Marsileaceae
  - Dicksoniaceae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Appendicisporites indet. Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Cicatricosisporites ludbrookiae Dettmann et al. 1987
Nodosisporites indet. Dettmann and Clifford 1992
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Marchantiopsida
  - Marchantiidae
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes indet. Pierce 1961 clubmoss