Hidden Lake Formation
The Hidden Lake Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in Antarctica. The sandstones and siltstones of the formation were deposited in a deltaic environment.
Hidden Lake Formation Stratigraphic range: Coniacian-Santonian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Gustav Group |
Underlies | Santa Marta Formation |
Overlies | Whisky Bay Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 63.0°S 57.0°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 63.1°S 63.9°W |
Region | James Ross Island, James Ross Island group |
Country | Antarctica |
Type section | |
Named for | Hidden Lake |
Map of James Ross Island group James Ross Island is number 2 |
Indeterminate megalosaur remains have been recovered from it.[1] Also many plant fossils and ichnofossils of Planolites sp. and Palaeophycus sp. have been found in the formation.[2]
Paleofauna
- Megalosauroidea indet.[1]
- Palaeophycus sp.[2]
- Planolites sp.[2]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
References
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" pp. 517–607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. " pp. 517–607.
- Hidden Lake at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- 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
- R. E. Molnar, A. L. Angriman, and Z. Gasparini. 1996. An Antarctic Cretaceous theropod. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(3):669-674
- D. Néraudeau, A. Crame, and M. Kooser. 2000. Upper Cretaceous echinoids from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Géobios 33(4):455-466
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