King George Island, 2nd Chinese Antarctic Expedition (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: King George Island, Antarctica (62.2° S, 58.9° W: paleocoordinates 61.7° S, 63.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: volcaniclastic ash

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: L. Hao-min and S. De-Kang. 1988. Fossil remains of some angiosperms from King George Island, Antarctica. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 27(4):399-403 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 34143: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 20.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Magnoliopsida
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