Patterns of Late Cretaceous ammonite biogeography in southern high latitudes: The family Kossmaticeratidae in Antarctica

• Published in: Cretaceous Research
• Main Authors: Olivero, Eduardo Bernardo, Medina, Francisco Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: AMMONITES; ANTARCTICA; BIOGEOG RAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; JAMES ROSS BASIN; KOSSMATICERATIDAE; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; SANTONIAN; SOUTHERN GONDWANA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Marambio; New Zealand; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94988

A refined biostratigraphy of the Antarctic kossmaticeratids from the James Ross Basin is contrasted against other Upper Cretaceous sections around southern Gondwana to inspect for possible biogeographic patterns. In the 3-km-thick Marambio Group two major unconformities are recognized at the base of...