Ulu Peninsula (Miocene of Antarctica)
Where: James Ross Island, Antarctica (63.8° S, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 56.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• At least two glacials and an interglacial; marine pro-delta with little glacial influence
• Dominated by sandy to intermediate glaciomarine diamict
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. A. Clark, M. Williams, D. J. Hill, P. G. Quilty, J. L. Smellie, J. A. Zalasiewicz, M. J. Leng and M. A. Ellis. 2013. Fossil proxies of near-shore sea surface temperatures and seasonality from the late Neogene Antarctic shelf. Naturwissenschaften 100:699-722 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 157594: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Austrochlamys anderssoni Hennig 1911 scallop | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Foraminifera indet. foram | |