CIROS-1 drillhole (Oligocene of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (77.6° S, 164.5° E: paleocoordinates 78.4° S, 157.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
• The fossil was found between two thick diamictite beds.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Primary reference: R. S. Hill. 1991. Tertiary Nothofagus (Fagaceae) macrofossils from Tasmania and Antarctica and their bearing on the evolution of the genus. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 105:73-112 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 168436: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.04.2015
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Angiospermae | |
Nothofagus gunnii Oersted 1873 |