DPV 16/84 (Eocene of Antarctica)

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

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. S. Bargo and M. A. Reguero. 1998. Annotated catalogue of the fossil vertebrates from Antarctica housed in the Museo de la Plata, Argentina. I. Birds and Land Mammals from La Meseta Formation (Eocene - Early Oligocene). Associacion Paleontologica Argentina, Publicacion Especial 5:211-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 100413: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.12.2010, edited by Jelle Zijlstra

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.4
Lingula sp.4 Bruguiére 1797
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.4
Gastropoda indet.4 Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei4
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei4 Gray 1854 clam
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.4
Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
Delphinornis sp., Aprosdokitos mikrotero n. gen. n. sp.2
Delphinornis sp. Wiman 1905 penguin
Aprosdokitos mikrotero n. gen. n. sp.2 Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2017 penguin
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002 penguin
 Neornithes -
Procellariiformes indet.
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Notoleptos giglii n. gen. n. sp.1
Notoleptos giglii n. gen. n. sp.1 Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017 albatross
 Neornithes -
Palaeognathae indet.4
Palaeognathae indet.4 Pycraft 1900 bird
see Tambussi et al. (1994) for details
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.4
Testudines indet.4 Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.4
Cetacea indet.4 Brisson 1762 whale
see also ref 59413
 Panameriungulata - Sparnotheriodontidae
Notolophus arquinotiensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Notolophus arquinotiensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Bond et al. 2006 placental
Holotype, MLP 95-I-10-6, left M3 incomplete (the buccal part of paracone and metacone is missing)
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.4
Chondrichthyes indet.4 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
1Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017; 2Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2017; 3Bond et al. 2006; 4Vizcaino et al. 1997