Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Telm 7 Member (La Meseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Submeseta Allomember
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; conglomerate and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: C. Acosta Hospitaleche and M. Reguero. 2010. First articulated skeleton of Palaeeudyptes gunnari from the Late Eocene of Isla Marimbo (Seymour Island), Antarctica. Antarctic Science 22(3):289-298 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100290: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Llanocetus denticrenatus Mitchell 1989 whale | |
Archaeoceti indet. mammal | |
Aves | |
Palaeeudyptes gunnari Wiman 1905 penguin
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002 penguin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797 |