Glacial erratics on King George Is., reef facies (probably from Argentina Range) (Cambrian of Antarctica)

Also known as Reef 2372

Where: Antarctica (62.0° S, 57.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.7° S, 125.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• Cambrian limestone erratics found in the glacio-marine sediments of the Oligocene Polonez Cove and Early Miocene Cape Melville Formations on King George Island. The source area of the erratics was most probably somewhere between the Argentina Range and Theron Mountains, the age is Latest Botomian (Syringocnema favus Beds).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. Wrona and A. Y. Zhuravlev. 1996. Early Cambrian archaeocyaths from glacial erratics of King George Island (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica. Palaeontologia Polonica 55:9-36 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62871: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Bija
  - Chabakoviacea
Bija sp. Vologdin 1932
Gordonophyton
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
unclassified
  -
Proaulopora
  -
Proaulopora sp. Vologdin 1962
Kordephyton
  -
Kordephyton sp. Radugin and Strepanova 1964
Heteractinida
  -
Calcarea
  -
Gravestockia sp. Reitner 1992 calcareous sponge
Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Metacyathidae
Metaldetes pratti archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Pycnoidocyathus latiloculatus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Spirocyathella cooperi archaeocyath sponge
Archaeopharetra irregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Naimarkcyathidae
Naimarkcyathus elenae n. gen. n. sp.
Naimarkcyathus elenae n. gen. n. sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Kruseicnemidae
Kruseicnema gracilis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Syringocnemidae
Syringocnema favus archaeocyath sponge
Pseudosyringocnema uniserialis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Paranacyathus sarmaticus archaeocyath sponge
 Putapacyathida - Chabakovicyathidae
? Chabakovicyathus sp. Konyushkov 1964 archaeocyath sponge
 Putapacyathida - Putapacyathidae
Putapacyathus excavatus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae
Tumuliolynthus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Veronicacyathidae
"Veronicacyathus sp." = Veronicacyathus, "Bractocyathus labiosus" = Veronicacyathus
"Veronicacyathus sp." = Veronicacyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Bractocyathus labiosus" = Veronicacyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Anaptyctocyathidae
? Anaptyctocyathus sp. Debrenne 1969 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Polycoscinidae
"Erugatocyathus scutatus" = Polycoscinus, "Erugatocyathus gravestocki" = Polycoscinus
"Erugatocyathus scutatus" = Polycoscinus archaeocyath sponge
"Erugatocyathus gravestocki" = Polycoscinus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus stephensoni archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae
""Mennericyathus" dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus
""Mennericyathus" dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Leptosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
"Diplocyathellus sp." = Zonacyathus
"Diplocyathellus sp." = Zonacyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Thalamocyathus trachealis archaeocyath sponge
Thalamocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"Prethmophyllum subacutum" = Kisasacyathus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathus ajax archaeocyath sponge
Stapicyathus stapipora archaeocyath sponge
Stapicyathus incisus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae
Aporosocyathus mucroporus archaeocyath sponge
? Aporosocyathus sp. Kruse 1978 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
Khasaktidae
  - Khasaktidae
Radiocyatha
 Acanthinocyathida - Acanthinocyathidae
  - Hetairacyathidae