Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 62.6° S, 67.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Lopez de Bertodano Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Primary reference: J. D. Witts, V. C. Bowman, P. B. Wignall, J. A. Crame, J. E. Francis and R. J. Newton. 2015. Evolution and extinction of Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) cephalopods from the López de Bertodano Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 418:193-212 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 166008: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.02.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum Forbes 1846 nautiloid | |
Maorites cf. weddelliensis Macellari 1986 ammonite
Maorites seymourianus Kilian and Reboul 1909 ammonite | |
Kitchinites sp. Spath 1922 ammonite |