Zamek Hill assemblage: Late Campanian - Maastrichtian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucaria informal sp. de Jussieu 1789
unclassified
Phyllites informal sp. Brongniart 1822
Pteridopsida - Filicales
Filicales informal sp.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dryopteridaceae
? Dryopteris seymouriensis Dusén 1908
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. Brongniart 1849
Pteropsida
? Pecopteris informal sp. Brongniart 1822
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
aff. Alnus muelleri Ettingshausen 1883
including Dicotylophyllum sp. 7 in Zastawniak, 1994
Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
aff. Nothofagoxylon informal sp. Gothan 1908
Nothofagus glaucifolia Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov.
Nothofagus zastawniakiae Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov.
Nothofagus cretacea Zastawniak 1994
similar to N. subferruginea (Dusén, 1899) Tanai, 1986
Nothofagus (informal sp.) aff. ulmifolia Oliver 1950
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
aff. Elaeocarpus informal sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
aff. Mespilodaphne longifolia Engelhardt 1864
Angiospermae - Laurales - Monimiaceae
Monimiophyllum (informal sp.) aff. antarcticum
Angiospermae - Apiales - Araliaceae
Araliaephyllum (informal sp.) aff. quinquelobatus Cantrill 1996
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
? Myrciophyllum santacrucensis
Myrciophyllum santacruzensis Zastawniak 1994
=Myrcia santacruzensis Berry, 1937
Magnoliopsida
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 2
aff. extant Nectandra Rolander ex Rottbøll
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 3
=Goeppertia spp. of Engelhardt, 1891, and Berry, 1928; =Notaphoebe in Berry, 1938; =Phoebe Engelhardt, 1891
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 1
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 10
in Zastawniak, 1994
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 8
cf. Leguminosites, Cassia
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. 9
cf. Myrtiphyllum, Fabaceae
Dicotylophyllum informal sp. Saporta 1894
div. (microphyll)
Dicotylophyllum elegans Li 1994
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus informal sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
? Knightia andreae Dusén 1908
unclassified
Sterculiaephyllum australis Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov. (including aff. ?Sterculia washburnii Berry, 1928)
Pentaneurum dusenii Li 1994
aff. Dicotylophyllum sp. 5 of Zastawniak, 1994
Magnoliidaephyllum birkenmajeri Zastawniak 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 62.2° South, 58.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:60.1° South, 68.8° 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 - Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zamek
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified muddy mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandy sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts,original sporopollenin,original cellulose
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,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): Repository
Metadata
Database number:150274
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:P. Santamarina
Modifier:P. Santamarina Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2013-09-05 00:47:10 Last modified:2013-09-04 13:19:24
Access level:authorizer only Released:2018-09-05 00:47:10
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]