This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica.
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
Pliocene
Miocene
Paleogene
Late Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
Late Jurassic
Early Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Cambrian
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sorsdal Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Heidemann Valley Trench Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Destruction Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Meyer Desert Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cape Melville Formation, Miocene at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Polonez Cove Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Fildes Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cross Valley Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ La Meseta Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lopez de Bertodano Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Sobral Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Snow Hill Island Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Santa Marta Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zamek Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Half Three Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hidden Lake Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Whisky Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kotick Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Triton Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Neptune Glacier Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pluto Glacier Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Himalia Ridge Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cerro Negro Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lagrelius Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pedersen Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Spartan Glacier Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Chester Cone Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ President Beaches Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Devils Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Anchorage Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ameghino Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ablation Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hauberg Mountains Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b HUNTER, M. A.; RILEY, T. R.; CANTRILL, D. J.; FLOWERDEW, M. J.; MILLAR, I. L. (2006-09-28). "A new stratigraphy for the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Part 1, Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group". Geological Magazine. 143 (6): 777–796. doi:10.1017/s0016756806002597. ISSN 0016-7568.
- ^ Mount Flora Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Camp Hill Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Carapace Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Selene Nunatak Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hanson Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lashly Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Fremouw Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Buckley Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Takrouna Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mount Glossopteris Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bainmedart Coal Measures at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Polarstar Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Radock Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weller Coal Measures at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lully Foothills Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mount King Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mount Wyatt Earp Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Horlick Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Minaret Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Nelson Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Spurs Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Taylor Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Schneider Hills Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cape Melville Formation, Cambrian at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Shackleton Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mount Spann Formation at Fossilworks.org
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- R. A. Askin. 1990. Cryptogam spores from the upper Campanian and Maastrichtian of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Micropaleontology (36)141-156
- R. A. Askin. 1989. Endemism and heterochrony in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) to Paleocene palynofloras of Seymour Island, Antarctica: implications for origins, dispersal and palaeoclimates of southern floras. Geological Society of America Special Paper (147)107-119
- V. D. Barreda, S. Palamarczuk, and F. Medina. 1999. Palinología de la Formación Hidden Lake (Coniaciano-Santoniano), Isla James Ross, Antártida. Revista Española de Micropaleontología (31)53-72
- M. A. Bitner and J. A. Crame. 2002. Brachiopods from the Lower Miocene of King George Island, West Antarctica. Polish Polar Research 23(1):75-84
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- M. A. Bradshaw and L. McCartan. 1991. Palaeoecology and systematics of Early Devonian bivalves from the Horlick Formation, Ohio Range, Antarctica. Alcheringa 15(1):1-42
- P. J. Butterworth, J. A. Crame, P. J. Howlett and D. I. M. Macdonald. 1988. Lithostratigraphy of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous strata of eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 9(3):249-264
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- F. M. Carpenter. 1969. Fossil insects from Antarctica. Psyche 76:418-425
- N. A. Clark, M. Williams, D. J. Hill, P. G. Quilty, J. L. Smellie, J. Zalasiewicz, M. J. Leng and M. A. Ellis. 2013. Fossil proxies of near-shore sea surface temperatures and seasonality from the late Neogene Antarctic shelf. Naturwissenschaften 100:699-722
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- M. E. Dettmann and M. R. A. Thomson. 1987. Cretaceous palynomorphs from the James Ross Island area, Antarctica - A pilot Study. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin (77)13-59
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