Wahl Glacier (Triassic of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (84.1° S, 165.2° E: paleocoordinates 79.9° S, 75.8° E)
When: Lystrosaurus other zone, Fremouw Formation, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• Lower Fremouw Formation
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
• These rocks were deposited under conditions of a high water table in braided streams, mires, floodplain lakes, and in poorly-drained flood- plains.
• Deposits consist of fine to coarse-grained sandstone, coal, laminated siltstone, carbonaceous shale, and occasional paleosols (histosols).
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Primary reference: C. Sidor, M. Miller, and J. Isbell. 2008. Tetrapod Burrows From the Triassic of Antarctica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):277-284 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 198581: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.12.2018
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