Where: Antarctica (62.2° S, 58.7° W: paleocoordinates 60.0° S, 69.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Half Three Point Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, tuffaceous, sandy sandstone and lithified, tuffaceous, muddy mudstone
Size class: microfossils
• Other: Palynomorphs
Preservation: adpression, soft parts, original carbon, original sporopollenin, original cellulose
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
• Museum of Paleontology, Antarctic Section, Vale do Rio dos Sinos University: Repository
Primary reference: T. L. Dutra and D. J. Batten. 2000. Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research (21)181-209 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150271: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 05.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Multicellaesporites | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Inaperturopollenites "sp." Potonié 1966 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus "sp." Kutzing 1849 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites "sp." Wodehouse 1933 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Triorites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Myrtaceidites "sp." Cookson and Pike 1960 | |
? Sapotacoidaepollenites "sp." Potonié et al. 1950 | |
Angiospermae | |
Meliapollis "sp." Sah and Kar 1970 mahogany | |
Nothofagus cretacea Zastawniak 1994 | |
aff. Nothofagidites falcatus, Nothofagidites visserensis, Nothofagidites rocaensis, Nothofagidites senectus, aff. Nothofagidites fuegiensis, Nothofagidites endurus
aff. Nothofagidites falcatus Hekel 1972
Nothofagidites visserensis Romero 1973
Nothofagidites rocaensis Romero 1973
Nothofagidites senectus Dettmann and Playford 1968
aff. Nothofagidites fuegiensis Menéndez and Caccavari 1975
Nothofagidites endurus Stover and Evans 1973 | |
Tricolpites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Proteacidites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953
? Propylipollis "sp." Martin and Harris 1975 | |
Schizocolpus "sp." Stover and Partridge 1973 | |
Liliacidites "sp." Couper 1953 | |
Clavatipollenites "sp." Couper 1958 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Malvacipollis "sp." Harris 1965 | |
Podocarpidites "sp.", aff. Podozamites pinnatus, Phyllocladidites "sp.", ? Phyllocladus "sp.", Microcachryidites "sp.", aff. Podocarpus "sp.", Dacrydiumites "sp."
Podocarpidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
aff. Podozamites pinnatus Cantrill 1991 podocarp
Phyllocladidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
? Phyllocladus "sp." Richard and Mirbel 1825 podocarp similar to Podocarpus tertiaria (Berry, 1922) Florin, 1940
Microcachryidites "sp." Cookson 1947 podocarp
aff. Podocarpus "sp." L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp (similar to Fitzroya tertiaria Berry, 1922 in Czajkowski & Rösler, 1986)
Dacrydiumites "sp." Harris 1965 podocarp | |
Phyllites | |
Phyllites "sp. 3" Brongniart 1822 of Rohn et al., 1994 (similar to Phyllites sp. 3 of Troncoso, 1986)
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Polypodiopsida | |
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Cyatheacidites "sp." Potonié 1956 | |
Laevigatosporites "sp." Ibrahim 1933 | |
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Verrucosisporites "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
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Klukisporites "sp." Couper 1958 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora "sp." Miner 1935
Leiotriletes "sp." Potonie and Kremp 1954
Cyathidites "sp." Couper 1953
Osmundacidites "sp." Couper 1953 |