Seymour Island I, (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 62.5° S, 67.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: López de Bertodano Formation (Marambio Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• K/T boundary in upper part of formation (data not included)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: H. F. Filkorn. 1994. Fossil scleractinian corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 65:1-96 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11304: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.08.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiacyathidae
"Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus" = Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus, "Fungiacyathus antarcticus" = Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus, "Fungiacyathus larseni" = Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus
"Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus" = Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus Felix 1909 stony coral
"Fungiacyathus antarcticus" = Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus Felix 1909 stony coral
"Fungiacyathus larseni" = Fungiacyathus deltoidophorus Felix 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"? Oculina nordenskjoeldi" = Pleurocora haueri
"? Oculina nordenskjoeldi" = Pleurocora haueri Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Tropidocyathus minimus" = Flabellosmilia vaughani, "Tropidocyathus seymourensis" = Flabellosmilia vaughani
"Tropidocyathus minimus" = Flabellosmilia vaughani Stephenson 1916 stony coral
"Tropidocyathus seymourensis" = Flabellosmilia vaughani Stephenson 1916 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Conocyathus felixi n. sp." = Alveolocyathus felixi, "Laminocyathus wellsi n. gen. n. sp." = Alveolocyathus felixi, "Alveolocyathus nordenskjoeldi n. gen. n. sp." = Alveolocyathus felixi, Palocyathus seymourensis n. gen. n. sp., Bothrophoria ornata, "Levicyathus cairnsi n. gen. n. sp." = Wellsotrochus cyathiformis
"Conocyathus felixi n. sp." = Alveolocyathus felixi Filkorn 1994 stony coral
"Laminocyathus wellsi n. gen. n. sp." = Alveolocyathus felixi Filkorn 1994 stony coral
"Alveolocyathus nordenskjoeldi n. gen. n. sp." = Alveolocyathus felixi Filkorn 1994 stony coral
Palocyathus seymourensis n. gen. n. sp. Filkorn 1994 stony coral
Bothrophoria ornata Felix 1909 stony coral
"Levicyathus cairnsi n. gen. n. sp." = Wellsotrochus cyathiformis Squires 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
? Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral