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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Cladophlebis sp. Brongniart 1849 | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825 | |
Elatocladus sp. Halle 1913 podocarp
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp | |
Angiospermae | |
Ficophyllum palustris n. sp.
Ficophyllum palustris n. sp. Cantrill 1996 mulberry | |
Hepaticae | |
Hepaticites sp. Walton 1925 liverwort |