Site KG. 4737, Citadel Bastion, Alexander Island (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

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
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites sp. Presl 1833
Magnoliopsida
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Dicotyledoneae
 Rosidae - Rosidae
Gnafalea binatus n. gen. n. sp.
Gnafalea binatus n. gen. n. sp.
Angiospermae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Araliaephyllum quinquelobatus n. sp. Cantrill 1996
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads
Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Hausmannia papilio Herbst 1960
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris sp. Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
  -
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
Aculea
  -
Aculea sp. Douglas 1973