KG.1715, Rhea Corner, ridge top on SE flank (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (71.9° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 73.5° S, 43.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pluto Glacier Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BAS

Primary reference: A. B. Smith and J. A. Crame. 2012. Echinoderm faunas from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Palaeontology 55(2):305-325 [M. Clapham/A. Chaudhary/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216888: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Irregularia -
Spatangoida indet. Agassiz 1840 heart urchin
 Irregularia - Tithoniidae
? Tithonia sp. Pomel 1883 sea urchin