ammonites
Locality 1601 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island (Paleocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.3° S, 66.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sobral Formation, Danian (65.5 - 61.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Sobral Formation, which unconformably overlues the Lopez de Bertodana Fm (Late Maastrichtian-Danian) and is overlain by the La Meseta Fm. THICKNESS: Section reachs 1600 m in thickness, presumably collection is from a horizon of bed-scale thickness. AGE: Early Danian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 1159.72 m

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray, silty sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Sandy, shallow-middle shelf, temperate coastal waters, normal salinity.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gray-tan, fine-grained, silty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTORS: Stilwell and Zinsmeister. REPOSITORY: Most all material is reposited in USNM collections.

Primary reference: J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67067: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.11.2006

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