Where: Antarctica (63.8° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 63.9° S, 64.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hidden Lake Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Hidden Lake Fm, which regionally overlies the Brandy Bay Mbr and Rum Cove Mbr of the Whisky Bay Fm (Cenomanian-Turonian). AGE: Coniacian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Includes specimens from 1330.5-1332 m above base of local section, and 342.5-344 m above base of formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Authors: Kennedy, Crame, Bengsten and Thomson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably either OUM (Oxford) or British Antarctic Survey.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, J. A. Crame, P. Bengsten and M. R. A. Thomson. 2007. Coniacian ammonites from James Ross Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 28(509):531 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83334: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) strictum Kennedy et al. 2007 ammonite
Tetragonites epigonus Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Menuites (Neopachydiscus) hauthali ammonite
Menuites (Neopachydiscus) steinmanni ammonite | |
Eubostrychoceras (Eubostrychoceras) sp. Matsumoto 1967 ammonite | |
Pseudoxybeloceras (Pseudoxybeloceras) sp. Wright and Matsumoto 1938 ammonite |