Echinoidea, Hidden Lake fm, Santonian, James Ross Island (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Giraliaster sp. Foster and Philip 1978 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Mytiloides africanus Heinz 1930 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae