Where: Antarctica (63.5° S, 56.2° W: paleocoordinates 68.0° S, 48.5° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gustav Group, Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, green mudstone
Size class: microfossils
• Other: Palynomorphs
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
Primary reference: M. E. Dettmann and M. R. A. Thomson. 1987. Cretaceous palynomorphs from the James Ross Island area, Antarctica - A pilot Study. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin (77)13-59 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 153422: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 16.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Alisporites | |
Alisporites grandis Dettmann 1963 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Triporoletes reticulatus Playford 1971 | |
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963 | |
Baculatisporites comaumensis Potonie 1953 | |
Trilites spp. Erdtman and Couper 1947 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Osmundacidites "sp. A" Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Vitreisporites pallidus Nilsson 1958 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Horologinella apiculata Cookson and Eisenack 1962 | |
Odontochitina costata Alberti 1961 | |
Ascodinium acrophorum Cookson and Eisenack 1960 | |
Diconodinium cf. pelliferum Eisenack and Cookson 1960 |