PBDB Collection

Seymour Island, SI-504 (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 57552: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Archaeomonadaceae indet. Archaeomonadaceae indet.
Bacillariophyceae
Rhizosoleniales - Rhizosoleniaceae	Rhizosolenia cretacea Rhizosolenia cretacea diatom
-	Trinacria insipiens, Pseudopyxilla aculeata, Pseudopyxilla hungarica, Thalassiosiropsis wittiana Trinacria insipiens diatom Pseudopyxilla aculeata diatom Pseudopyxilla hungarica diatom Thalassiosiropsis wittiana diatom
Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae	Coscinodiscus morenoensis Coscinodiscus morenoensis diatom
-	Acanthodiscus antarcticus, Acanthodiscus schmidtii, Acanthodiscus vulcaniformis, Kentrodiscus fossilis Acanthodiscus antarcticus diatom Acanthodiscus schmidtii diatom Acanthodiscus vulcaniformis diatom Kentrodiscus fossilis diatom
Pennales -	Chasea bicornis Chasea bicornis diatom
Centrales - Eupodiscaceae	Triceratium indefinitum, Triceratium sentum Triceratium indefinitum diatom Triceratium sentum diatom
-	Goniothecium odontella, Pterotheca carinifera, Pterotheca danica, Pterotheca major, Pterotheca pokrovskajae, Pterotheca pokrovskajae, Pterotheca sp. A. Goniothecium odontella diatom Pterotheca carinifera diatom Pterotheca danica diatom Pterotheca major diatom Pterotheca pokrovskajae diatom Pterotheca pokrovskajae diatom Pterotheca pokrovskajae var. Pterotheca sp. A. Forti 1909 diatom
Melosirales - Endictyaceae	Endictya lunyacsekii Endictya lunyacsekii diatom
Melosirales - Melosiraceae	Pyxidicula minuta Pyxidicula minuta diatom
Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae	Stephanopyxis delectabilis, Stephanopyxis edita, Stephanopyxis hannai, Stephanopyxis marginata, Stephanopyxis maxima, Stephanopyxis sp. A., Stephanopyxis sp. B., Stephanopyxis cf. grunowii, Stephanopyxis superba, Stephanopyxis uralensis, Stephanopyxis simonseni, Stephanopyxis turris Stephanopyxis delectabilis diatom Stephanopyxis edita diatom Stephanopyxis hannai diatom Stephanopyxis marginata diatom Stephanopyxis maxima diatom Stephanopyxis sp. A. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom Stephanopyxis sp. B. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom Stephanopyxis cf. grunowii diatom Stephanopyxis superba diatom Stephanopyxis uralensis diatom Stephanopyxis simonseni Hajos 1974 diatom Stephanopyxis turris Greville and Arnot 1857 diatom
-	Odontotropis sp. Odontotropis sp. Grunow 1884 diatom Odontotropis sp. Hajos
Hemiaulus
- Biddulphiaceae	Hemiaulus rossicus, Hemiaulus sp. G. Hemiaulus rossicus Hemiaulus sp. G. Ehrenberg 1844
Dinophyceae
Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae	Carduifolia onoporides Carduifolia onoporides