Cape Roberts Project, CRP 3, Unit 3.1 (Oligocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (77.0° S, 163.7° E: paleocoordinates 78.1° S, 155.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Unit 3.1

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone

• deep muddy shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bivalves, scaphopods and terebratulid brachiopods were present but not listed

Primary reference: J. Stolarski and M. Taviani. 2001. Oligocene scleractinian corals from CRP-3 drillhole, McMurdo Sound (Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica). Terra Antartica 8(3):1-4 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84297: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 06.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum rariseptatum
Flabellum rariseptatum Roniewicz and Morycowa 1985 stony coral