ZPAL 4 (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Telm 7 Member (La Meseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Jadwiszczak. 2008. An intriguing penguin bone from the Late Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 20(6):589-590 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 100187: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
Delphinornis arctowskii n. sp.2, Archaeospheniscus wimani2, Marambiornis exilis n. sp.2
Delphinornis arctowskii n. sp.2 Myrcha et al. 2002 penguin
Archaeospheniscus wimani2 Marples 1953 penguin
Marambiornis exilis n. sp.2 Myrcha et al. 2002 penguin
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet., Delphinornis gracilis n. sp.2, Palaeeudyptes klekowsii n. sp.3, Palaeeudyptes gunnari2
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin
Delphinornis gracilis n. sp.2 Wiman 1905 penguin
Palaeeudyptes klekowsii n. sp.3 penguin
Palaeeudyptes gunnari2 Wiman 1905 penguin
 Ratitae -
Ratitae indet.1
Ratitae indet.1 Merrem 1813 bird
1Bargo and Reguero 1998; 2Myrcha et al. 2002; 3Myrcha et al. 1990