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| name = Mawson Formation | name = Mawson Formation
| image =Oreochima WilliamStout.png | image = Oreochima WilliamStout.png
| caption =Freswater environment of the Mawson Formation, with Hidrotermal influences and the fish ] | caption = Freshwater environment of the Mawson Formation, with hydrothermal influences and the fish '']''
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| period = Early Jurassic | period = Early Jurassic
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The '''Mawson Formation''' is a ] in ], dating to roughly between 185-181 ] and covering the ]-] ] of the ] Period in the ].<ref name=Ballance1971>Ballance et al., 1971</ref><ref name=Burgess2015>Burgess et al., 2015</ref> Vertebrate remains are known from the formation.<ref name=Elliot2013>Elliot, 2013</ref>
The '''Mawson Formation''' is a ] in ], dating to roughly between 185-181 ] and covering the ]-] ] of the ] Period in the ].<ref>P.F. Ballance, W.A. Watters The Mawson Diamictite and the Carapace Sandstone, formations of the Ferrar Group at Allan Hills and Carapace Nunatak, Victoria Land, Antarctica N. Z. J. Geol. Geophys., 14 (1971), pp. 512-527 CrossRefView Record in ScopusGoogle Scholar</ref><ref>Burgess et al., 2015 S.D. Burgess, S.A. Bowring, T.H. Fleming, D.H. Elliot High-precision geochronology links the Ferrar large igneous province with early Jurassic ocean anoxia and biotic crisis Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 415 (2015), pp. 90-99</ref> Vertebrate remains are known from the formation.<ref>Elliot, 2013 D.H. Elliot The geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains: a review Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ., 381 (2013), pp. 7-35</ref> The Formation represents an ancient lake, with ] influences, thanks to the relationships with the Kirckpatrick Basalt.<ref>Bradshaw, 1987 M.A. Bradshaw Additional field interpretation of the Jurassic sequence at Carapace Nunatak and Coombs Hills, south Victoria Land Antarctica N. Z. J. Geol. Geophys., 30 (1987), pp. 37-49</ref> Sedimentary interbeds deposited over lava flows of the Kirkpatrick Basalt during the Early Jurassic splitting of Gondwana represent unusual freshwater paleoenvironments, with hotter conditions that allow to the diversification of the Microbes (])<ref name="Hydrotermal">Babcock LE, Leslie SA, Elliot DH, Stigall AL, et al. 2006. The “Preservation Paradox”: microbes as a key to exceptional fossil preservation in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica. The Sedimentary Record 4: 4–8.</ref><ref name="HydroDepth">Stigall, A. L., Babcock, L. E., Briggs, D. E. G., & Leslie, S. A. (2008). Taphonomy of Lacustrine Interbeds in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica. PALAIOS, 23(6), 344–355. doi:10.2110/palo.2007.p07-029r.</ref>.


==Fossils== == Description ==
The formation was deposited in an ancient lake, with ] influences, thanks to the relationships with the Kirckpatrick Basalt.<ref name=Bradshaw1987>Bradshaw, 1987</ref> Sedimentary interbeds deposited over lava flows of the Kirkpatrick Basalt during the Early Jurassic splitting of Gondwana represent unusual freshwater paleoenvironments, with hotter conditions that allow to the diversification of the Microbes (])<ref name="Hydrotermal">Babcock et al., 2006</ref><ref name="HydroDepth">Stigall et al., 2008</ref>
There abundant Fossils of microorganisms, as members of the group ] and other who take advantage of the Hydrotermal activity<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" /><ref>Norris, G. (1965). Triassic and Jurassic miospores and acritarchs from the Beacon and Ferrar groups, Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 8(2), 236-277.</ref>


== Fossil content ==
===Spinicaudata===
There abundant Fossils of microorganisms, as members of the group ] and other who take advantage of the hydrothermal activity<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" /><ref name=Norris1965>Norris, 1965</ref>

=== Spinicaudata ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
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! Notes ! Notes
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''C. disgregaris''
'']''<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''Carapacestheria disgregaris''
| Carapaces
|
| Related to the modern ''] mexicanus''<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Carapaces.<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
|
Related to the modern ''] mexicanus''
|- |-
|} |}


=== Fish ===

===Ostracoda===
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
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! Notes ! Notes
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''O. ellioti''
'']''<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''Darwinula sp''
| Various specimens
|
| An ] ]<ref name=schaeffer>Schaeffer, 1972</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Valves.<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
|
Common Lower Jurassic ]n
|- |-
|} |}


===Insecta=== === Insects ===
Fossil insect wings not described to the genus level are known from the formation.<ref name=Bomfleur2011>Bomfleur et al., 2011</ref>
Unknow Insect wings are know.<ref>Bomfleur, B., Schneider, J. W., Schöner, R., Viereck-Götte, L., & Kerp, H. (2011). Fossil sites in the continental Victoria and Ferrar groups (Triassic-Jurassic) of north Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polarforschung, 80(2), 88-99.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
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! Notes ! Notes
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''C. antartica''
'']''<ref name="InsectAnta">F. M. Carpenter. 1969. Fossil insects from Antarctica. 76:418–425.</ref>.
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''C. antartica''
| wings
|
| A ]<ref name="InsectAnta">Carpenter, 1969</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
wings.<ref name="InsectAnta" />
|
A ]
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''U. sehopfi''
'']''<ref name="InsectAnta">F. M. Carpenter. 1969. Fossil insects from Antarctica. 76:418–425.</ref>.
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''U. sehopfi''
| A nearly complete specimen
|
| A ] nymph<ref name="InsectAnta" />
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
A nearly complete specimen.<ref name="InsectAnta" />
|
A ] nymph
|- |-
| ]
|
| Indeterminate
]<ref>P. Tasch. 1973. Jurassic beetle from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. 47:590-592</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Indeterminate
| Wing
|
| Unnamed and non compared<ref name=Tasch1973>Tasch, 1973</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Wing.
|
Unnamed and non compared.
|- |-
|} |}


===Actinopterygii=== === Ostracoda ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
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! Notes ! Notes
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''Darwinula sp.''
'']''<ref name=schaeffer>Schaeffer, Bobb. . American Museum of Natural History, 1972.</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''O. ellioti''
| Valves
|
| Common Early Jurassic ]<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Various specimens.<ref name=schaeffer />
|
An ] ]
|- |-
|} |}


===Fungi=== === Fungi ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
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! Notes ! Notes
|- |-
| ]
|
| Indeterminate
]<ref>Harper, C. J., Bomfleur, B., Decombeix, A. L., Taylor, E. L., Taylor, T. N., & Krings, M. (2012). Tylosis formation and fungal interactions in an Early Jurassic conifer from northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 175, 25-31.</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Indeterminate
| Wood affected by ] fungi
|
| Infestation traces and fungal parasitic interaction on several plants<ref name=Harper2012>Harper et al., 2012</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Wood affected by pathogenic fungi.
|
Infestation traces and fungal parasitic interaction on several plants.
|- |-
|} |}


===Plants=== === Plants ===
One of the best preserved fossil flora of the Antarctic.<ref name=Bomfleur2007>Bomfleur et al., 2007</ref><ref name=Gair1965>Gair et al., 1965</ref>
One of the best preserved Floras of the Antarctic.<ref>Bomfleur, B., Schneider, J., Schöner, R., Viereck-Götte, L., Kerp, H., Cooper, A. K., & Raymond, C. R. (2007, August). Exceptionally well-preserved Triassic and Early Jurassic floras from North Victoria Land, Antarctica. In Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, US Geol. Surv., OF-2007-1047, extend. abstr (Vol. 34).</ref><ref>Gair, H. S., Norris, G., & Ricker, J. (1965). Early mesozoic microfloras from Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 8(2), 231-235.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
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! Notes ! Notes
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''N. warreni''
'']''<ref name="NunatakFlora">J. A. Townrow. 1967. Fossil plants from Allan and Carapace Nunataks, and from the Upper Mill and Shackleton Glaciers, Antarctica. 10(2):456-473 {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''N. warreni''
| Specimens
|
| A member of the family ]<ref name="NunatakFlora">Townrow, 1967</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
|
A member of the family ].
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''M. warrenii''
'']''<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''M. warrenii''
| Specimens
|
| A member of the family ]<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
|
A member of the family ].
|- |-
| '']''
|
| Indeterminate
'']''<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Indeterminate
| Specimens
|
| A member of the ]<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.<ref name="NunatakFlora" />
|
A member of the ].
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''C. elliotii''
'']''<ref>Hieger, T. J., Serbet, R., Harper, C. J., Taylor, T. N., Taylor, E. L., & Gulbranson, E. L. (2015). Cheirolepidiaceous diversity: An anatomically preserved pollen cone from the Lower Jurassic of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 220, 78-87.</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''C. elliotii''
| Specimens
|
| A member of the ]<ref name=Hieger2015>Hieger et al., 2015</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.
|
A member of the ].
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''C. minutus''
'']''<ref>Atkinson, B. A., Serbet, R., Hieger, T. J., & Taylor, E. L. (2018). Additional evidence for the Mesozoic diversification of conifers: Pollen cone of Chimaerostrobus minutus gen. et sp. nov.(Coniferales), from the Lower Jurassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 257, 77-84.</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''C. minutus''
| Specimens
|
| An indeterminate conifer pollen cone{{what|date=October 2019}}<ref name=Atkinson2018>Atkinson et al., 2018</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.
|
An indeterminate Conifer Pollen cone.
|- |-
| '']''
|
| ''P. stormensis''
'']''<ref>Yao, X., Taylor, T. N., & Taylor, E. L. (1991). Silicified dipterid ferns from the Jurassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 67(3-4), 353-362.</ref>
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
''P. stormensis''
| Specimens
|
| Fern Petioles{{what|date=October 2019}}<ref name=Yao1991>Yao et al., 1991</ref>
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.
|
Fern Petioles.
|- |-
| '']''
|
| Indeterminate
'']''<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
| Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Indeterminate
| Specimens
|
| ] '']''<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
Carapace Nunatak
|
|
Specimens.<ref name="Hydrotermal" /><ref name="HydroDepth" />
|
] incertade sedis.
|- |-
|} |}


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* Atkinson, B. A., Serbet, R., Hieger, T. J., & Taylor, E. L. (2018). Additional evidence for the Mesozoic diversification of conifers: Pollen cone of Chimaerostrobus minutus gen. et sp. nov.(Coniferales), from the Lower Jurassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 257, 77-84
* S.D. Burgess, S.A. Bowring, T.H. Fleming, D.H. Elliot High-precision geochronology links the Ferrar large igneous province with early Jurassic ocean anoxia and biotic crisis Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 415 (2015), pp. 90-99
* Hieger, T. J., Serbet, R., Harper, C. J., Taylor, T. N., Taylor, E. L., & Gulbranson, E. L. (2015). Cheirolepidiaceous diversity: An anatomically preserved pollen cone from the Lower Jurassic of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 220, 78-87
* D.H. Elliot The geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains: a review Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ., 381 (2013), pp. 7-35
* Harper, C. J., Bomfleur, B., Decombeix, A. L., Taylor, E. L., Taylor, T. N., & Krings, M. (2012). Tylosis formation and fungal interactions in an Early Jurassic conifer from northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 175, 25-31
* Bomfleur, B., Schneider, J. W., Schöner, R., Viereck-Götte, L., & Kerp, H. (2011). Fossil sites in the continental Victoria and Ferrar groups (Triassic-Jurassic) of north Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polarforschung, 80(2), 88-99
* Stigall, A. L., Babcock, L. E., Briggs, D. E. G., & Leslie, S. A. (2008). Taphonomy of Lacustrine Interbeds in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica. PALAIOS, 23(6), 344–355. doi:10.2110/palo.2007.p07-029r
* Bomfleur, B., Schneider, J., Schöner, R., Viereck-Götte, L., Kerp, H., Cooper, A. K., & Raymond, C. R. (2007, August). Exceptionally well-preserved Triassic and Early Jurassic floras from North Victoria Land, Antarctica. In Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, US Geol. Surv., OF-2007-1047, extend. abstr (Vol. 34)
* Babcock LE, Leslie SA, Elliot DH, Stigall AL, et al. 2006. The “Preservation Paradox”: microbes as a key to exceptional fossil preservation in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica. The Sedimentary Record 4: 4–8
* Yao, X., Taylor, T. N., & Taylor, E. L. (1991). Silicified dipterid ferns from the Jurassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 67(3-4), 353-362
* P. Tasch. 1973. Jurassic beetle from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. 47:590-592
* M.A. Bradshaw Additional field interpretation of the Jurassic sequence at Carapace Nunatak and Coombs Hills, south Victoria Land Antarctica N. Z. J. Geol. Geophys., 30 (1987), pp. 37-49
* Schaeffer, Bobb. . American Museum of Natural History, 1972
* P.F. Ballance, W.A. Watters The Mawson Diamictite and the Carapace Sandstone, formations of the Ferrar Group at Allan Hills and Carapace Nunatak, Victoria Land, Antarctica N. Z. J. Geol. Geophys., 14 (1971), pp. 512-527
* F. M. Carpenter. 1969. Fossil insects from Antarctica 76: 418–425
* J. A. Townrow. 1967. Fossil plants from Allan and Carapace Nunataks, and from the Upper Mill and Shackleton Glaciers, Antarctica. 10(2):456-473 {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}
* Gair, H. S., Norris, G., & Ricker, J. (1965). Early mesozoic microfloras from Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 8(2), 231-235
* Norris, G. (1965). Triassic and Jurassic miospores and acritarchs from the Beacon and Ferrar groups, Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 8(2), 236-277


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Mawson Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliensbachian-Toarcian
~185–181 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
File:Oreochima WilliamStout.pngFreshwater environment of the Mawson Formation, with hydrothermal influences and the fish Oreochima
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofFerrar Large Igneous Province
Sub-unitsCarapace Sandstone Member
Lithology
PrimaryVolcaniclastic mudstone
OtherVolcaniclastic gray & blue mudstone
Location
Coordinates76°54′S 159°24′E / 76.9°S 159.4°E / -76.9; 159.4
Approximate paleocoordinates60°06′S 46°30′E / 60.1°S 46.5°E / -60.1; 46.5
RegionStorm Peak
CountryAntarctica
Type section
Named forMawson Peak
Mawson Formation is located in AntarcticaMawson FormationMawson Formation (Antarctica)

The Mawson Formation is a geological formation in Antarctica, dating to roughly between 185-181 million years ago and covering the Pliensbachian-Toarcian stages of the Jurassic Period in the Mesozoic Era. Vertebrate remains are known from the formation.

Description

The formation was deposited in an ancient lake, with hydrothermal influences, thanks to the relationships with the Kirckpatrick Basalt. Sedimentary interbeds deposited over lava flows of the Kirkpatrick Basalt during the Early Jurassic splitting of Gondwana represent unusual freshwater paleoenvironments, with hotter conditions that allow to the diversification of the Microbes (Archea)

Fossil content

There abundant Fossils of microorganisms, as members of the group Archea and other who take advantage of the hydrothermal activity

Spinicaudata

Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Carapacestheria C. disgregaris Carapace Nunatak Carapaces Related to the modern Cyzicus mexicanus

Fish

Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Oreochima O. ellioti Carapace Nunatak Various specimens An archaeomaenid pachycormiform fish

Insects

Fossil insect wings not described to the genus level are known from the formation.

Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Caraphlebia C. antartica Carapace Nunatak wings A dragonfly
Uralonympha U. sehopfi Carapace Nunatak A nearly complete specimen A stonefly nymph
Coleoptera Indeterminate Carapace Nunatak Wing Unnamed and non compared

Ostracoda

Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Darwinula Darwinula sp. Carapace Nunatak Valves Common Early Jurassic ostracod

Fungi

Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Wood-decay fungus Indeterminate Carapace Nunatak Wood affected by pathogenic fungi Infestation traces and fungal parasitic interaction on several plants

Plants

One of the best preserved fossil flora of the Antarctic.

Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes
Nothodacrium N. warreni Carapace Nunatak Specimens A member of the family Podocarpaceae
Masculostrobus M. warrenii Carapace Nunatak Specimens A member of the family Podocarpaceae
Brachyphyllum Indeterminate Carapace Nunatak Specimens A member of the Coniferales
Classostrobus C. elliotii Carapace Nunatak Specimens A member of the Cheirolepidiaceae
Chimaerostrobus C. minutus Carapace Nunatak Specimens An indeterminate conifer pollen cone
Polyphacelus P. stormensis Carapace Nunatak Specimens Fern Petioles
Zamites Indeterminate Carapace Nunatak Specimens Spermatophyta incertae sedis

See also

References

  1. Ballance et al., 1971
  2. Burgess et al., 2015
  3. Elliot, 2013
  4. Bradshaw, 1987
  5. ^ Babcock et al., 2006
  6. ^ Stigall et al., 2008
  7. Norris, 1965
  8. Schaeffer, 1972
  9. Bomfleur et al., 2011
  10. ^ Carpenter, 1969
  11. Tasch, 1973
  12. Harper et al., 2012
  13. Bomfleur et al., 2007
  14. Gair et al., 1965
  15. ^ Townrow, 1967
  16. Hieger et al., 2015
  17. Atkinson et al., 2018
  18. Yao et al., 1991

Bibliography

  • Atkinson, B. A., Serbet, R., Hieger, T. J., & Taylor, E. L. (2018). Additional evidence for the Mesozoic diversification of conifers: Pollen cone of Chimaerostrobus minutus gen. et sp. nov.(Coniferales), from the Lower Jurassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 257, 77-84
  • S.D. Burgess, S.A. Bowring, T.H. Fleming, D.H. Elliot High-precision geochronology links the Ferrar large igneous province with early Jurassic ocean anoxia and biotic crisis Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 415 (2015), pp. 90-99
  • Hieger, T. J., Serbet, R., Harper, C. J., Taylor, T. N., Taylor, E. L., & Gulbranson, E. L. (2015). Cheirolepidiaceous diversity: An anatomically preserved pollen cone from the Lower Jurassic of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 220, 78-87
  • D.H. Elliot The geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains: a review Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ., 381 (2013), pp. 7-35
  • Harper, C. J., Bomfleur, B., Decombeix, A. L., Taylor, E. L., Taylor, T. N., & Krings, M. (2012). Tylosis formation and fungal interactions in an Early Jurassic conifer from northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 175, 25-31
  • Bomfleur, B., Schneider, J. W., Schöner, R., Viereck-Götte, L., & Kerp, H. (2011). Fossil sites in the continental Victoria and Ferrar groups (Triassic-Jurassic) of north Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polarforschung, 80(2), 88-99
  • Stigall, A. L., Babcock, L. E., Briggs, D. E. G., & Leslie, S. A. (2008). Taphonomy of Lacustrine Interbeds in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica. PALAIOS, 23(6), 344–355. doi:10.2110/palo.2007.p07-029r
  • Bomfleur, B., Schneider, J., Schöner, R., Viereck-Götte, L., Kerp, H., Cooper, A. K., & Raymond, C. R. (2007, August). Exceptionally well-preserved Triassic and Early Jurassic floras from North Victoria Land, Antarctica. In Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, US Geol. Surv., OF-2007-1047, extend. abstr (Vol. 34)
  • Babcock LE, Leslie SA, Elliot DH, Stigall AL, et al. 2006. The “Preservation Paradox”: microbes as a key to exceptional fossil preservation in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica. The Sedimentary Record 4: 4–8
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  • P. Tasch. 1973. Jurassic beetle from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. 47:590-592
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