Core SS1-97/3GC2 (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (43.6° S, 148.4° E: paleocoordinates 66.2° S, 164.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• 5 cm thick Cretaceous section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, sandy mudstone

• shallow marine environment (presence of abundant sponge spicules and fine woody fragments; absence of deeper water indices such as planktonic foraminifera)
• light olive-grey gravelly sandy mud

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: I. Pujana and P. G. Quilty. 2002. High latitude, late Campanian (Cretaceous) Radiolaria from offshore south-eastern Tasmania. Alcheringa 26:249-260 [D. Lazarus/M. Broehl/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95818: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

• rare: 1-10 specimens, moderately rare: 11-25, common: 26-50, abundant: 51-100
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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Zifondium "sp. A", Mita regina
Zifondium "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Mita regina radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae
Petasiforma tasmaniense n. sp., Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi
Petasiforma tasmaniense n. sp. Pujana and Quilty 2002 radiolarian
Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax stocki
Amphipyndax stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Acanthocircus spinifer
Acanthocircus spinifer Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Stylosphaera aff. hastata
Stylosphaera aff. hastata Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma australis, Orbiculiforma renillaeformis
Orbiculiforma australis Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma renillaeformis Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Phaseliformidae
Phaseliforma aff. subcarinata
Phaseliforma aff. subcarinata Pessagno 1975 radiolarian