Where: Antarctica (63.0° S, 57.0° W: paleocoordinates 60.9° S, 67.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Snow Hill Island Formation (Marambio Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, gray, green, argillaceous 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 39620: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Giraliaster lorioli sea urchin | |
Hemiaster vomer heart urchin | |
Cyathocidaris sp. pencil urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gunnarites antarcticus Weller 1903 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
""Cassidaria" sp." = Galeodea
""Cassidaria" sp." = Galeodea Link 1807 snail | |
Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail | |
"Amberleya" sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Lahillia sp. Cossmann 1899 clam | |
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Nordenskjoeldia sp. Wilckens 1910 clam | |
Malacostraca | |
Hoploparia sp. M'Coy 1849 clawed lobster |