Where: Antarctica (71.6° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 73.2° S, 43.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pluto Glacier Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Fossil Bluff Formation (Pluto Glacier Fm in Smith & Crame, 2012). AGE: Albian (Aptian-Albian in Smith & Crame, 2012). Justification not stated, presumably based on Belemnite and Ammonoid index taxa. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection lies within upper c. 1.2 km of the approximately 4 km thick formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BAS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Members of British Antarctic Survey. REPOSITORY: British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge. Some material reposited in BMNH, GSSA (Geological Survey of S Australia), HM (Hunterian Museum, Glascow), MUGD (Melbourne University Geology Dept.), NMV (National Museum of Victoria), SAM (South Australian Museum), and SM (Sedgewick Museum, Cambridge).

Primary reference: P. Doyle. 1987. The Cretaceous Dimitobelidae (Belemnitida) of the Antarctic Peninsula region. Palaeontology 30(1):147-177 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64196: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.09.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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