Site KG. 4747, Coal Nunatak, Alexander Island (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (72.1° S, 68.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 63.9° S, 40.8° W (Wright 2013)

• 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; cherty/siliceous 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 32476: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 02.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficophyllum palustris n. sp. Cantrill 1996 mulberry
Hepaticae
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Hepaticites sp. Walton 1925 liverwort