Kerguelen Plateau, ODP 744A,119-744A-18H-3W-6 (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (61.4° S, 81.4° E: paleocoordinates 61.4° S, 81.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• This study is based on the observation of 34 core samples of 10 cm3 taken from Paleogene and Neogene sections of site 744A.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: C. T. Bergue and A. Govindan. 2010. Eocene-Pliocene deep sea ostracodes from ODP site 744A, Southern Indian Ocean. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) 82(3):747-760 [A. Kocsis/M. Gomez Correa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202740: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Monica Alejandra Gomez Correa on 20.07.2019, edited by Adam Kocsis

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Krithe "sp. 3" Brady et al. 1874 ostracod
Krithe "sp. 7" Brady et al. 1874 ostracod
Krithe "sp. 8" Brady et al. 1874 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Anebocythereis hostizea Hornibrook 1952 ostracod