DJ 153 (Eocene of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 63.4° S, 63.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Telm 3 Member (La Meseta Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithology not reported and lithified sandstone
• red-brown siltstones and sandstones associated with a megabreccia facies
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Jadwiszczak. 2011. The earliest fossil record of a medium−sized penguin. Polish Polar Research 32(3):269-277 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120576: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Aves | |
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin |