Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 66.3° S, 60.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brandy Bay Member (Whisky Bay Formation), Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Brandy Bay Mbr of the Whisky Bay Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Hidden Lake Fm (Coniacian), and overlies the Kotick Point Fm. AGE: Coniacian, on the basis of stratigraphic position and macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed in the uppermost part of the section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including J.A. Crame and M.R.A Thompson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably British Antarctic Survey and Oxford University Museum (OUM).
Primary reference: J. R. Ineson, J. A. Crame, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1986. Lithostratigraphy of the Cretaceous strata of west James Ross Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 7:141-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83362: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Marshallites sp. Matsumoto 1955 ammonite |