First description of scleractinian corals from the Santa Marta and Snow Hill Island (Gamma Member) formations, Upper Cretaceous, James Ross Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Videira-Santos, Roberto, Scheffler, Sandro Marcelo, Ponciano, Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira, Weinschutz, Luiz Carlos, Figueiredo, Rodrigo Giesta, Rodrigues, Taissa, Sayão, Juliana Manso, Riff, Douglas Santos, Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2020
• Subjects: Fauna; Oceans; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Hill Island; Snow Hill Island; Snow Hill; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2730/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2730/1/A2003006.pdf

Antarctic corals are known from the Upper Cretaceous Santa Marta Formation (Santonian–early Campanian) and Gamma Member (late Campanian) of Snow Hill Island Formation (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian) but they have not so far been taxonomically described. We describe three corals taxa based on 29...