Lopez de Bertodano Fm. Br. Antarctic Survey 1056.56 (Paleocene of Antarctica)

Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 66.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: López de Bertodano Formation (Marambio Group), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: I. Poole, A. M. W. Mennega, and D. J. Cantrill. 2003. Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 124:9-27 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34285: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 25.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Eucryphiaceoxylon eucryphioides n. gen. Poole et al. 2001