Seymour Island, SI-72 (Paleocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 66.2° W)

When: Sobral Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: delta front; sandstone

Collection methods: date sample taken 1982/1984

Primary reference: D. Harwood. 1988. Upper Cretaceous and lower Paleocene diatom and silicoflagellate biostratigraphy of Seymour Island, eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America, Memoir 169:55-129 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57544: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Chrysophyceae
 Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Hemiaulus
  - Biddulphiaceae
Bacillariophyceae
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 Rhizosoleniales - Rhizosoleniaceae
Rhizosolenia sp. B. Brightwell 1858 diatom
 Melosirales - Melosiraceae
 Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae
Stephanopyxis simonseni Hajos 1974 diatom
Stephanopyxis turris Greville and Arnot 1857 diatom
Stephanopyxis turris Greville and Arnot 1857 diatom
Stephanopyxis turris v. cylindrus
 Paraliales - Pseudopodosiraceae
 Pennales -
 Centrales - Eupodiscaceae