CRP-1 Drillhole: 32.15-32.05m: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Trypticocirrus sp.
Meteuthria cf. rossiana
Leptocollonia innocens
Cyamocardium denticulatum
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Paralaeospira sp.
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritellopsis latior
Gastropoda - Eatoniellidae
Eatoniella glacialis
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus subcompressus
Gastropoda - Newtoniellidae
Eumetula strebeli
Eumetula austrina
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Onoba turqueti
Onoba gelida
Onoba (Ovirissoa) kergueleni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pareuthria innocens
Prosipho cf. mundus
Prosipho priestleyi
Prosipho cancellatus
Prosipho contrarius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Lissotesta sp. Iredale 1915
Lissotesta cf. mammillata
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae
Anatoma euglypta
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lepetidae
Iothia coppingeri
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia astartoides
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Adamussium sp. Thiele 1934
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp. Wood 1839
Limatula (Antarctolima) hodgsoni
Limatula (Limatula) simillima
Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Philobrya sublaevis Pelseneer 1903
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Tubuliporidae indet. Johnston 1838
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria aurorae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Sclerodomidae
Cellarinella sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 77.0° South, 163.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:78.0° South, 163.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:CPR-1 Local bed:32.15-32.05 m
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Sample from 3 cm length of drill core
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Carbontae-rich unit.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Assemblage is typical of modern shelf/bank environment, probably exceeding 100m, and possibly in the range of 100-200m
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: No repository for collection is reported, but likely to be either Istituto di Geologia Marina, Bologna, Italy, or Dipartmneto di Biologia Evolutiva, Bologna, Italy
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca
Metadata
Database number:48434
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-03-18 10:33:15 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-18 10:33:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12933. M. Taviani, A. Beu, and C. Lombardo. 1998. Pleistocene macrofossils from CRP-1 Drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antarctica 5(3):485-491 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]