Low Head - Lions Rump, Profile II, Layer 3 (Oligocene of Antarctica)

Also known as King George Island

Where: Antarctica (62.1° S, 58.2° W: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 58.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Low Head Member (Polonez Cove Formation), Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• "Glacio-marine" with "a marked predominance" of "shallow-water genera" suggesting "that the origin of the sediments... is due to storms"

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by A. Gazdzicki in 1978-1981

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• "Samples [making up four collections] with a total weight of 100 kg were subjected to repeated maceration in Glauber salt [= sodium sulfate]"

•Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences collection

Primary reference: J. Blaszyk. 1987. Ostracods from the Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation of King George Island, West Antarctica. Palaeontologia Polonica 49:63-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94115: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
? Bythocypris weselensis n. sp.
? Bythocypris weselensis n. sp. ostracod
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Neobuntonia southshetlandensis, Quadracythere gazdzickii n. sp., Reussicythere piaseckii n. sp.
Quadracythere gazdzickii n. sp. ostracod
Reussicythere piaseckii n. sp. ostracod
 Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Xestoleberis birkenmajeri n. sp.
 Podocopida - Cytheridae
Hemicytheridea kinggeorgensis
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha rolnickii n. sp., Loxocauda sp.
Loxoconcha rolnickii n. sp. ostracod
Loxocauda sp. Schornikov 1969 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Hemicytherura arctowskii n. sp., Oculocytheropteron rakusai n. sp., Oculocytheropteron lowheadensis, Cytheropteron litwini n. sp.
Hemicytherura arctowskii n. sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron litwini n. sp. ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Atlanticythere bransfieldensis n. sp., ? Falsobuntonia antarctica, Phalcocythere (Otarocythere) tokarskii n. sp.
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Eucythere (Rotundracythere) polonezensis n. sp.
Copytus
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? Copytus ezcurraensis