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Seymour Island S-13, Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -64.25,-54.7 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Seymour Island |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Seymour Island S-13 | Hall S. A. (1977) | Sobral? | Probably the same unit from which Seymour Island marine inverts came from (from Ref. #145), two levels were sampled, approx 10m section sampled in total | sandstone | 72.1 - 56 Ma Phanerozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plantae kingdom | Plantae | 72.1 - 56 Ma Phanerozoic |
Nothofagus sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Nothofagaceae : Nothofagus | 72.1 - 56 Ma Phanerozoic |
References
Hall S. A. (1977) Cretaceous and Tertiary dinoflagellates from Seymour Island, Antarctica, Nature 267, 239-241 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!