Buckley Formation Mount Achernar, Central Transantartic Mountains, Antartica (Permian of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (84.0° S, 162.0° E: paleocoordinates 88.5° S, 125.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Buckly Formation, Permian (298.9 - 252.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coal and siltstone
• Thermal alternation cuased by Jurassic volcanism
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• Coal, shaley coal, silicified peat and siltsones
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: replaced with other
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: M. J. Farabee, E. L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 1990. Correlation of Permian and Triassic palynomorph assemblages from the central Transantartic Mountains, Antartica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 65:257-265 [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31340: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 08.05.2003