D.8228 [Brandy Bay Mbr, Whisky Bay Fm] (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow siliciclastic marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Conglomeratic sandstone, according to Fig. 3 of Kennedy et al. (2007). LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

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

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea. Other taxa may be present, but were not listed in present systematic treatment. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) strictum Kennedy et al. 2007 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Pseudoxybeloceras (Pseudoxybeloceras) sp. Wright and Matsumoto 1938 ammonite