Rhea Corner Member, Alexander Island: Late Aptian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Hypophylloceras sp. (Salfeld 1924)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Lithancylus sp.
? Tropaeum sp. Sowerby 1837
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acrioceratidae
Helicancylus cf. patagonicus (Stolley 1912)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Sammartinoceras (Sinzovia) sp.
Aconeceras sp. Hyatt 1903
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Neosilesites sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 71.8° South, 68.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.8° South, 38.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval: Late Aptian
Age range of interval: 119.5 - 113 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fossil Bluff Formation:Pluto Glacier Member:Rhea Corner
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: fauna indicates a late Aptian age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:forearc basin
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:fauna provisionally identified
Metadata
Database number:64242
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-05 04:08:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-05 04:08:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
18542. S. R. A. Kelly and A. C. M. Moncrieff. 1992. Marine molluscan constraints on the age of Cretaceous fossil forests of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Geological Magazine 129(6):771-778 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]