Zamek Hill assemblage (Cretaceous to of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (62.2° S, 58.5° W: paleocoordinates 60.1° S, 68.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zamek Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, muddy mudstone and lithified, sandy sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: adpression, soft parts, original sporopollenin, original cellulose

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

• All type and figured material is housed in the Museum of Paleontology, Antarctic Section, Vale do Rio dos Sinos University (UNISINOS): Repository

Primary reference: T. L. Dutra and D. J. Batten. 2000. Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research (21)181-209 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150274: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 05.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucaria "sp." de Jussieu 1789
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp." Brongniart 1849
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
? Pecopteris "sp." Brongniart 1822
Phyllites
  -
Phyllites "sp." Brongniart 1822
Angiospermae
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
aff. Elaeocarpus "sp." Linnaeus 1753
 Fagales - Betulaceae
aff. Alnus muelleri Ettingshausen 1883 alder
including Dicotylophyllum sp. 7 in Zastawniak, 1994
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagus zastawniakiae Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov.
Nothofagus cretacea Zastawniak 1994
similar to N. subferruginea (Dusén, 1899) Tanai, 1986
Nothofagus glaucifolia Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov.
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrciophyllum santacruzensis Zastawniak 1994 myrtle
=Myrcia santacruzensis Berry, 1937
Angiospermae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
 Laurales - Monimiaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
aff. Mespilodaphne longifolia Engelhardt 1864 laurel
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus "sp." L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
  -
Dicotylophyllum "sp. 2" Saporta 1894
aff. extant Nectandra Rolander ex Rottbøll
Dicotylophyllum "sp. 3" Saporta 1894
=Goeppertia spp. of Engelhardt, 1891, and Berry, 1928; =Notaphoebe in Berry, 1938; =Phoebe Engelhardt, 1891
Dicotylophyllum "sp. 10" Saporta 1894
in Zastawniak, 1994
Dicotylophyllum "sp. 8" Saporta 1894
cf. Leguminosites, Cassia
Dicotylophyllum "sp. 9" Saporta 1894
cf. Myrtiphyllum, Fabaceae
Dicotylophyllum "sp." Saporta 1894
div. (microphyll)
Actinopteri
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
? Knightia andreae Dusén 1908 herring
 Life -
Sterculiaephyllum australis Dutra and Batten 2000
sp. nov. (including aff. ?Sterculia washburnii Berry, 1928)
Pentaneurum dusenii Li 1994
aff. Dicotylophyllum sp. 5 of Zastawniak, 1994