Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 66.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sobral Formation (Marambio Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• 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, mechanical, peel or thin section,
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 11305: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.08.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"? Cladocora antarctica n. sp." = Cladocora jamaicaensis
"? Cladocora antarctica n. sp." = Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral | |
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? Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral | |
Lophelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral |