Fremouw Peak Locality: Anisian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Gleichenipteris antarcticus n. gen., n. sp. non-seed repro
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41 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 85.0° South, 172.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 77.8° South, 77.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fremouw | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the Fremouw Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | cherty/siliceous peat |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | mire/swamp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | permineralized,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34301 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-08-26 14:06:20 | Last modified: | 2003-08-26 17:09:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-26 14:06:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9016. | C. J. Phipps, B. J. Axsmith, T. N. Taylor and E. L. Taylor. 2000. Gleichenipteris antarcticus gen. et sp. nov. from the Triassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 108:75-83 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |