Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.9° W: paleocoordinates 64.1° S, 56.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• strontium and diatom stratigraphy
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate and sandstone
•and sandstone containing clasts exclusively from JRIVG
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 157608: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Thecostraca | |
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Austrochlamys sp. Jonkers 2003 scallop |