Kerguelen Plateau, ODP 744A,119-744A-16H-4W-5 (Oligocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (61.4° S, 81.4° E: paleocoordinates 61.4° S, 81.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• This study is based on the observation of 34 core samples of 10 cm3 taken from Paleogene and Neogene sections of site 744A.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: C. T. Bergue and A. Govindan. 2010. Eocene-Pliocene deep sea ostracodes from ODP site 744A, Southern Indian Ocean. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) 82(3):747-760 [A. Kocsis/M. Gomez Correa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202743: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Monica Alejandra Gomez Correa on 20.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Legitimocythere presequenta Benson 1977 ostracod
Henryhowella "sp. 2" Puri 1957 ostracod