Also known as Locality V2005-3, Sandwich Bluff, Vega Island
Where: Antarctica (63.9° S, 57.6° W: paleocoordinates 62.2° S, 68.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sandwich Bluff Member (López de Bertodano Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. R. West, C. R. Torres, J. A. Case, J. A. Clark, P. M. O'Connor and M. C. Lamanna. 2019. An avian femur from the Late Cretaceous of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula: removing the record of cursorial landbirds from the Mesozoic of Antarctica. PeerJ 7(e7231) [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204405: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Vegavis sp. Clarke et al. 2005 waterfowl |