Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 63.7° S, 61.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: TELM 3 Member (La Meseta Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Campamenta allomember of the La Meseta Formation (this is the alternative division system of the La Meseta Fm. to the TELM system)
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaino, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi and S. N. Santillana. 1997. New land mammal-bearing localities from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes 997-1000 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176083: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 27.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata Waddell et al. 2001 placental MLP 94-III-15-2, "fragment of an upper molar or premolar characterized by a low ?anterior cingulum"
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Aves | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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unclassified | |
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