Whisky Bay, James Ross B5: Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Omamentifera informal sp. A microspore
Diaspheria sp. marine palyn
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Herkosporites elliottii microspore Stover 1973
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Densoisporites velatus microspore Dettmann 1963
unclassified
Alisporites similis microspore Dettmann 1963
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis spp. microspore
unclassified
Phimopollenites pannosus microspore Dettmann 1974
Cupuliferoidaepollenites sp. microspore Potonié et al. 1950
Dryadopollis informal sp.1 microspore Srivastava 1977
Nyssapollenites spp. microspore
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales
Vitreisporites pallidus microspore Nilsson 1958
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites informal sp.1 microspore Cookson and Couper 1953
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites dampieri microspore (Balme 1957)
original and current combination Zonallapollenites dampieri
Microcachryidites antarcticus microspore Couper 1953
Phyllocladidites mawsonii microspore Cookson 1947
Podocarpidites ellipticus microspore Cookson 1947
Pteridopsida
Osmundacidites wellmanii microspore Couper 1953
Ischyosporites volkheimeri microspore Filatoff 1975
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites comaumensis microspore Potonie 1953
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae
Contignisporites cooksoniae microspore Dettmann 1963
Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae
Cyatheacidites annulatus microspore Cookson 1947
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites circinidites microspore Dettmann 1963
Clavifera triplex microspore Bolkhovitina 1966
unclassified
Conosphaeridium striatoconus marine palyn
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Palaeohystrichophora infusorioides marine palyn Deflandre 1936
Trithyrodinium informal sp.1 marine palyn Drugg
Trithyrodinium vermiculatum marine palyn Lentin and Williams 1976
? Isabelidinium sp. marine palyn Lentin and Williams 1977
Dinophyceae
Spiniferites ramosus marine palyn Lentin and Williams 1973
S. ramosus cf. gracilis
Apteodinium tuberculatum marine palyn
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Heterosphaeridium heteracanthum marine palyn Eisennack and Kjellström 1972
Chytroeisphaeridia baetica marine palyn
Impagidinium spp. marine palyn
? Operculodinium spp. marine palyn
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 63.8° South, 58.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:67.1° South, 56.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian
Age range of interval:93.50000 - 85.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gustav Formation:Whisky Bay
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Los preparados se encuentran depositados en la palinoteca del Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos bajo la sigla CIRGEO Palin y los números de catálogo 1053 a 1124.
Metadata
Database number:169324
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2015-05-19 17:21:10 Last modified:2015-05-19 17:21:10
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-19 17:21:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55274.fossil record V. D. Barreda, S. Palamarczuk, and F. Medina. 1999. Palinología de la Formación Hidden Lake (Coniaciano-Santoniano), Isla James Ross, Antártida. Revista Española de Micropaleontología (31)53-72 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]