Rabot Point, D.8225, James Ross Island, Santa Marta Formation: Santonian - Campanian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae
"Capillithyris" sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Kingena cf. mesembrina (Etheridge 1913)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 64.3° South, 57.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.1° South, 68.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Santonian - Campanian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Marambio Formation:Santa Marta
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
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:63946
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-28 02:10:55 Last modified:2006-08-28 05:20:39
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-28 02:10:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18420. M. R. Sandy. 1991. Cretaceous brachiopods from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula, and their paleobiogeographic affinities. Journal of Paleontology 65(3):396-411 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]