Seymour Island 8: Maastrichtian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Labile larseni
originally entered as "Lahilla larseni"
Echinoids indet.
spines
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Eunaticina arctowskiana
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera nordenskjoldi Wilckens 1910
recombined as Struthiochenopus nordenskjoldi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Cryptorhytis philippiana
Taioma charcotianus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassidaria mirabilis
synonym of Galeodea
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Amberleya spinigera
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya hyriiformis
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea clausa (Wilckens 1910)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Laevitrigoniidae
Laevitrigonia regina
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Linotrigonia pygoscelium
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea antarctica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Pulvinites antarctica
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula suboblonga Wilckens 1907
recombined as Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Maorites densicostatus (Kilian and Reboul 1909)
Grossouvrites gemmatus (Huppe 1854)
originally entered as "Grossourvrites gemmatus"
    = Grossouvrites joharae Salazar et al. 2010
Salazar et al. 2010
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus riccardi (Macellari 1986)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Kitchinites laurae Macellari 1986
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Anagaudryceras seymouriense Macellari 1986
recombined as Gaudryceras seymouriense
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia sp.
Rotularia shackletoni
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica State/province:Seymour Island
Coordinates: 64.3° South, 56.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.5° South, 67.5° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Middle Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lopez de Bertodano
Local section:A, C, D, F Local bed:8
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:burrows,gray silty sandstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3161
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, M. Clapham Enterer:K. Layou, M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-27 13:24:20 Last modified:1999-07-27 16:24:20
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

145. C. E. Macellari. 1988. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoecology of Upper Cretaceous/Paleocene shelf-deltaic sediments of Seymour Island. Geological Society of America-Memoir 169:25-53 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

54096 C. Salazar, W. Stinnesbeck, and L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2010. Ammonites from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Quiriquina Formation in central Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 257:181-236 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]