Also known as Abernathy Flats

Where: James Ross Island, Antarctica (63.9° S, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 65.2° S, 61.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (); siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: I. Poole and J. E. Francis. 1999. The first record of fossil atherospermataceous wood from the upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 107:97-107 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34306: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 26.08.2003

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