Skua Bay assemblage: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Phyllites informal sp. 1
Phyllites informal sp. 2
similar to Dicotylophyllum latitrilobatum Zastawniak, in Birkenmajer & Zastawniak, 1989b, and Sterculia washburnii Berry, 1928 in Dutra, 1997b
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Thyrsopteridaceae
cf. Thyrsopteris elegans Kunze 1818
similar to remains of Pteridophyta in Zastawniak, 1981
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
? Osmunda informal sp. Linnaeus 1753
similar to ‘Alsophila’ or Polypodium sp. in Czajkowski & Rösler, 1986,
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficophyllum skuaensis Dutra and Batten 2000
Ficophyllum palustris Cantrill 1996
Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Sterculia washburnii Berry 1928
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
aff. Anacardites pichileufensis Berry 1938
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
aff. Cassia informal sp. 3
in Berry, 1922
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
? Myrica mira Berry 1925
affinities also with Phyllites sp. 14 in Dusén, 1908
Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus informal sp. Blume 1850
aff. N. cretacea Zastawniak, 1994
Angiospermae - Laurales - Atherospermataceae
aff. Laurelia informal spp. Jussieu 1809
in Berry, 1938
Angiospermae - Laurales - Monimiaceae
Monimiophyllum (informal sp.) aff. antarcticum
Magnoliopsida
aff. Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 3
of Zastawniak (1994) and Goeppertia Engelhardt, 1891
Dicotylophyllum elegans Li 1994
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladus aff. aspleniifolius Hooker 1845
similar to P. aberensis Hill, 1989a
Podocarpus informal sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Oreasteridae
cf. Culcita informal sp. Presl 1836
unclassified
Sterculiaephyllum australis Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov.
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 62.2° South, 59.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:60.1° South, 69.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian - Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Half Three Point
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous lithified sandy sandstone
Secondary lithology:tuffaceous lithified muddy mudstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original carbon,original sporopollenin,original cellulose,replaced with other
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,mechanical,hydrochloric,hydroflouric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: All type and figured material is housed in the Museum of Paleontology, Antarctic Section, Vale do Rio dos Sinos University (UNISINOS).
Metadata
Database number:150273
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:P. Santamarina
Research group:micropaleontology,paleobotany
Created:2013-09-05 00:24:35 Last modified:2013-09-04 09:24:35
Access level:authorizer only Released:2018-09-05 00:24:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48067. T. L. Dutra and D. J. Batten. 2000. Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research (21)181-209 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]