Plesiosaur Papoose (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Anseriformes -
Vegavis sp. Clarke et al. 2005 waterfowl