Where: Antarctica (63.8° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 67.5° S, 55.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brandy Bay Member (Whisky Bay Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Brandy Bay Mbr of the Whisky Bay, which locally overlies the Lewis Hill Mbr of the Whisky Bay Fm (Albian), and is overlain by the Hidden Lake Fm (Coniacian). AGE: Turonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Crame & Ineson
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J.A. Crame and J.R. Ineson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably 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 83337: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) aff. sakondryense Collignon 1954 ammonite | |
Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) strictum Kennedy et al. 2007 ammonite | |
Pseudoxybeloceras (Pseudoxybeloceras) sp. Wright and Matsumoto 1938 ammonite |