James Ross Island Cruise 1989 (Eocene to of Antarctica)

Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 63.4° S, 62.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Telms 3-5 Member (La Meseta Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• The sediments are referred to Unite II of Eliot and Trautman (1982) and include Telms 3 to 5. Ypresian to Priabonian time interval based off of Sr isotope dates.

•See Kloess et al. 2020 for useful breakdown of stratigraphy of the La Peseta Formation

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shelly/skeletal conglomerate and bioturbated, muddy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. J. Hooker in 1989; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: peroxide, sieve,

• Material was obtained by screen washing unconsolidated sediments near Cape Wiman near the northwestern tip of Seymour Island.

Primary reference: J. Kriwet. 2005. Additions to the Eocene Selachian Fauna of Antarctica with Comments on Antarctic Selachian Diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):1-7 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133687: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 25.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes -
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark