IAA 3/12 (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Submeseta II Member (Submeseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• MLP 13-I-25-10 come from the upper levels of the Submeseta Formation (Submeseta II Allomember, level 38, equivalent to TELM 7 of Sadler, 1988); late Eocene (Priabonian) (Fig. 2).

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. R. Buono, M. S. Fernández, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi, S. N. Santilana and T. Mörs. 2016. Eocene basilosaurid whales from the La Meseta Formation, Marambio (Seymour) Island, Antarctica. Ameghiniana 53(3):296-315 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 179418: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867 whale