Where: Antarctica (63.0° S, 57.0° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 63.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hidden Lake Formation (Gustav Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; green siltstone and fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: D. Néraudeau, A. Crame, and M. Kooser. 2000. Upper Cretaceous echinoids from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Géobios 33(4):455-466 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 39613: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Giraliaster sp. Foster and Philip 1978 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytiloides africanus Heinz 1930 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Menuites patagonicus ammonite |