A preliminary palynological assay in collabora- Tasch, P. 1976. Jurassic nonmarine spoor (Transantarctic tion with J . M. Lammons (Trinidad Texaco) of Mountains) and the food web. Journal of Paleontology, 50(4): slides from my Transantarctic Mountains fossil 754-758. Tasch, P., M. V. A. Sastry, S. C. Shah, B. R. J . Rao, C. N. Rao, collection indicated those from Storm Peak (Upper and S. C. Ghosh. 1975. Estheriids of the Indian Gondwanas: Flow) had a small residue after acid digestion with significance for continental fit. In: Gondwana Geology (Camp- a few spores and pollen and sparse floral frag- bell, K. S. W., editor). Australian National University Press, ments; those from Blizzard Heights (Tasch Station Canberra, 443-452. 0) also had a small residue, but more spores and floral fragments than those from Storm Peak; Cara - pace Nunatak (Tasch Station 2) (Tasch, 1974) by contrast contained dense plant and wood frag- ments and numerous better preserved spores and Geologic studies in the southern pollens. Further palynological studies are planned. Prince Charles Mountains These data also point to more complexity in the food chain: in this instance, in terms of additional food resources. They also suggest denser wooded EDWARD S. GREW areas in southern Victoria Land some 850 kilo- Department of Geology meters from the Queen Alexandra Range. University of Cal[ornia, Los Angeles The arthropods of the Tasmanian Triassic Los Angeles, California 90024 (Knocklofty Formation chiefly and Ross sandstone) (Tasch, 1975) include fossil conchostracan genera Geologic studies in the southern Prince Charles as follows: Paleolimnadia (two subgenera and six Mountains, including detailed work at five localities species); Cyzicus (Lioestheria) (three species) and (figures 1 and 2), were made while I was U.S. ex- Paleolimnadopsis tasmanii n.sp., as well as a frag- change scientist with the 18th and 19th Soviet Ant- mental malacostracan carapace. The Paleolimnadial arctic Expeditions (SAE) in 1973 and 1974 (Grew, Cyzicus faunal assemblage indicates probable corre- 1975). lation with the Blina shale (Western Australia) and the Mangli beds (India). Eastern Australia could 62 E 68 have been the source area for the Tasmanian paleo- limnadids. bgO Field work in collaboration with the Geological G A 4I ° Survey of India (Tasch et al., 1975) systematically bg$ GJ\o 4? , c sampled the conchostracan-bearing beds of the In- 73 rns (3 s/SO c MS bgms u (,.S dian Jurassic Kota Formation among others. An ms S 35 (KY-ST- ms ms SI) important biostratigraphically related collection 30] 01\31a\VA Iq (seven or more successive insect-bearing beds) was 70 .1 5 IF ms found in the Tasch collection during processing. K3 31 ic MS (B ) F. M. Carpenter (Harvard Biological Laboratories) )BI st is doing the taxonomy in ajoint study that will cover the biostratigraphy and paleocology of these beds 74S ms 0 F25 as well. Dr. Carpenter s first-sight survey of the collection showed that at least six insect orders and 57 AVERAGED TREND possibly more were present: Coleoptera, Blattaria, c ICE FREE AREAS Homoptera, Neuroptera, and Heteroptera. GEOLOGIC CONTACT The Kota Formation s nonmarine biota have X LOCATION OF SAMPLE 544 9 100 KM several affinities with Jurassic equivalents in the Transantarctic Mountains. PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS METAMORPHIC INDEX + GRANITE AND PEGMATITE MINERALS This research was supported by National Science WITH MUSCOVITE (S ) SILLIMANITE ms METASEDIMENTARY AND Foundation grant DPP 75-05831. METAVOLCANIC ROCKS (KY) KYANITE WITH CONGLOMERATE (c) (ST) STAUROLITE AND IRON FORMATION (IF) (B)) BIOTITE References BASEMENT GNEISSES
Tasch, P. 1974. Food chain relationship in ancient freshwater Figure 1. Geologic sketch map of the southern Prince Charles ecosystems of Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the U.S., IX(5): Mountains. This map is based on field work by Dr. Grew in 238. 1973 and 1974, supplemented by information in Ravich and Tasch, P. 1975. Nonmarine arthropoda of the Tasmanian Tri- Kamenev (1972), Soloviev (1972), Tingey and England (1973), assic. Royal Society of Tasmania, Papers and Proceedings, 109: Grikurov and Soloviev (1974), Tingey (1975), and Tingey (per- 97-106. sonal communication, 1975). 240 ANTARCTIC JOURNAL
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