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Fossil Bluff - Neptune Glacier - Triton Point, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

Group	Fossil Bluff
Formation	Neptune Glacier
Member	Triton Point
Age:	145 - 100 Ma Cretaceous
Interval	Cretaceous - Late Albian
Lithology	sandstone/siltstone, siltstone, siltstone/sandstone
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	29

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Site KG. 4697	Western Antarctica, Antarctica	Fossil Bluff - Neptune Glacier - Triton Point

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Ptilophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : *Ptilophyllum*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Aculea sp. genus	6	*Aculea*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Araliaephyllum quinquelobatus species	7	Araliaephyllum : *Araliaephyllum quinquelobatus*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Ficophyllum palustris species	7	Ficophyllum : *Ficophyllum palustris*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Gnafalea jeffersonii species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gnafalea : *Gnafalea jeffersonii*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Timothyia trinervis species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales : Timothyia : *Timothyia trinervis*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Sphenopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : *Sphenopteris*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Araucarites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : *Araucarites*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Brachyphyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : *Brachyphyllum*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Elatocladus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : *Elatocladus*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Podozamites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : *Podozamites*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Dicotylophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Dicotylophyllum*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Gnafalea sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Gnafalea*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Ginkgoites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ginkgoales : *Ginkgoites*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Taeniopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Crossozamiaceae : *Taeniopteris*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Coniopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Dicksoniaceae : *Coniopteris*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Hausmannia papilio species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Dipteridaceae : Hausmannia : *Hausmannia papilio*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Cladophlebis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : *Cladophlebis*	145 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous

References

Cantrill D. J., Nichols G. J. (1996) Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Early Cretaceous (Late Albian) angiosperm leaves from Alexander Island, Antarctica, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92 1-2, 1-28

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!

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