Where: French Southern Territories (49.6° S, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 70.3° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mont Rond Formation, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R.-P. Carriol, H. Leyrit, and A. Giret. 1992. Balanoidea (Crustacea, Cirripedia) du Miocene des Kerguelen. GĂ©obios 25(3):383-388 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41122: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.07.2004, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Notobalanus flosculus Darwin 1853 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Perna sp. Retzius 1788 mussel
Perna kerguelensis Fletcher 1938 mussel | |
Frigichione permagna Tate 1900 venus clam
Paleomarcia tatei Fletcher 1938 venus clam
Paleomarcia kergueleni Tate 1900 venus clam
? Paleomarcia cf. sculpta Fletcher 1938 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica (Natica) tremarieri" = Natica tremarici
"Natica (Natica) tremarieri" = Natica tremarici Tate 1900 moon snail | |
Turritella hallii Tate 1900 turret shell |