A high-latitude Gondwanan lagerstätte: The Permian permineralised peat biota of the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

• Published in: Gondwana Research
• Main Authors: Slater, Ben, McLoughlin, Stephen, Hilton, Jason
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Enheten för paleobiologi 2015
• Subjects: Insect–plant interaction; Palaeoecology; Glossopteris; Coal; Fungal–plant interaction; Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; East Antarctica; Prince Charles Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1343; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.01.004

The Toploje Member chert is a Roadian to Wordian autochthonous–parautochthonous silicified peat preserved within the Lambert Graben, East Antarctica. It preserves a remarkable sample of terrestrial life from highlatitude central Gondwana prior to the Capitanian mass extinction event from both mega-...