Devils Point, Byers Peninsula: Tithonian - Berriasian, Antarctica
collected 1987-1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnotheutidae
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Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 62.7° South, 61.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 61.3° South, 40.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic - Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Tithonian - Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 - Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian - Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.2 - 137.05 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Byers | Formation: | Devils Point |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black "shale" | ||
| Lithology description: Lithology for collection not mentioned, other than of a similar "barred anoxic basin" "magmatic arc" facies as the Nordenskjold Formation (alternating black shales and tuffs) | |||
| Environment: | basinal (siliceous) | Tectonic setting: | deep ocean basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BAS | Collection dates: | 1987-1988 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 187635 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-08-06 07:23:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-06 07:23:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62992. | P. Doyle and E. V. Shakides. 2004. The Jurassic belemnite suborder Belemnotheutina. Palaeontology 47(4):983-998 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |