Where: Antarctica (72.1° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 73.2° S, 72.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Triton Point Member (Neptune Glacier Formation), Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: D. J. Cantrill and G. J. Nichols. 1996. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Early Cretaceous (Late Albian) angiosperm leaves from Alexander Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92(1-2):1-28 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/J. Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32473: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 02.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Araucarites sp. Presl 1833 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Dicotylophyllum lobatus n. sp.
Dicotylophyllum lobatus n. sp. | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Gnafalea binatus n. gen. n. sp.
Gnafalea binatus n. gen. n. sp. | |
Angiospermae | |
Araliaephyllum quinquelobatus n. sp. Cantrill 1996 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Hausmannia papilio Herbst 1960 | |
Coniopteris sp. Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern | |
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849 | |
Aculea | |
Aculea sp. Douglas 1973 |