Seymour Island, SI-118 (Paleocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 66.2° W)

When: Lopez de Bertodano Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone

Collection methods: date sample taken 1982/1984

Primary reference: D. Harwood. 1988. Upper Cretaceous and lower Paleocene diatom and silicoflagellate biostratigraphy of Seymour Island, eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America, Memoir 169:55-129 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57549: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Wittia macellarii
Bacillariophyceae
 Rhizosoleniales - Rhizosoleniaceae
Rhizosolenia cretacea
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Pyrgodiscus sp., Trinacria excavata, Pseudopyxilla hungarica
Pyrgodiscus sp. Kotton 1885 diatom
 Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae
Coscinodiscus morenoensis
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Acanthodiscus vulcaniformis
 Rhaphoneidales - Rhaphoneidaceae
Sceptroneis grunowii, ? Sceptroneis sp. B.
? Sceptroneis sp. B. Ehrenberg 1844 diatom
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Xanthiopyxis granti
 Pennales -
Chasea bicornis
 Centrales - Eupodiscaceae
Triceratium indefinitum
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Pterotheca carinifera, Pterotheca carinifera, Pterotheca evermanni, Pterotheca kittoniana, Pterotheca major, Pterotheca pokrovskajae, Pterotheca pokrovskajae, Pterotheca spada
Pterotheca carinifera diatom
Pterotheca carinifera v. tenuis
Pterotheca pokrovskajae diatom
Pterotheca pokrovskajae var.
 Melosirales - Endictyaceae
Endictya lunyacsekii
 Melosirales - Melosiraceae
? Melosira patera, Pyxidicula minuta
 Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae
Stephanopyxis delectabilis, Stephanopyxis edita, Stephanopyxis hannai, Stephanopyxis lavrenkoi, Stephanopyxis sp. A., Stephanopyxis sp. B., Stephanopyxis superba, Stephanopyxis uralensis, Stephanopyxis simonseni, Stephanopyxis turris
Stephanopyxis sp. A. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom
Stephanopyxis sp. B. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom
Stephanopyxis simonseni Hajos 1974 diatom
Stephanopyxis turris Greville and Arnot 1857 diatom
Hemiaulus
  - Biddulphiaceae
Hemiaulus danicus, Hemiaulus elegans, Hemiaulus kondai, Hemiaulus rossicus, Hemiaulus sp. G., Hemiaulus cf. tumidicornis
Hemiaulus sp. G. Ehrenberg 1844