Where: Alexander Island, Antarctica (70.8° S, 68.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 65.3° S, 38.2° W (Wright 2013)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pluto Glacier Formation, Albian to Albian (113.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandstone and siltstone
Primary reference: P. J. Butterworth, J. A. Crame, P. J. Howlett and D. I. M. Macdonald. 1988. Lithostratigraphy of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous strata of eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 9(3):249-264 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2079: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop | |
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Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Tetrabelus willeyi" = Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus)
"Tetrabelus willeyi" = Dimitobelus (Tetrabelus) belemnite | |
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Sanmartinoceras sp. Bonarelli 1921 ammonite | |
"Eulytoceras sp." = Lytoceras
"Eulytoceras sp." = Lytoceras Suess 1865 ammonite |