Where: Antarctica (62.6° S, 61.2° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° S, 35.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Anchorage Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Subzone 4 alpha
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, concretionary, tuffaceous, black mudstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original silica
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric,
Primary reference: W. Kiessling, R. Scasso, A. Zeiss, A. Riccardi, and F. Medina. 1999. Combined radiolarian-ammonite stratigraphy for the Late Jurassic of the Antarctic Peninsula: Implications for radiolarian stratigraphy. Geodiversitas 21(4):687-713 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51828: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
Podocapsa amphitreptera Foreman 1973 radiolarian | |
Parvicingula excelsa Pessagno and Blome 1984 radiolarian
Parvicingula blowi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Parvicingula jonesi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Caneta hsui Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
Loopus primitivus Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian | |
Gorgansium sp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Vallupus hopsoni Pessagno and Blome 1984 radiolarian |