Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Telm 7 Member (La Meseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, concretionary, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63553: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 16.08.2006, edited by Mark Uhen and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
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Tonniornis mesetaensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Tambussi et al. 2006 penguin authors do not list a specific locality
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Lingulata | |
Glottidia antarctica1 Buckman 1910 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) pulchrum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Bulla glacialis snail | |
Scaphander (Kaitoa) schmitti n. sp.
Scaphander (Kaitoa) schmitti n. sp. snail | |
Cellana feldmanni n. sp.
Cellana feldmanni n. sp. limpet | |
Fusinus suraknisos n. sp.
Fusinus suraknisos n. sp. snail | |
Sudonassarius antarctohimaleos n. gen. n. sp.
Sudonassarius antarctohimaleos n. gen. n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 snail | |
Cominella (Josepha) ottoi n. sp. true whelk
Aeneator lawsi n. sp. true whelk
Cyrtochetus (Cyrtochetus) bucciniformis Wilckens 1911 true whelk | |
Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus n. sp.
Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus n. sp. turrid | |
Zemacies canalomos n. sp., Zemacies finlayi n. sp.
Zemacies canalomos n. sp. snail
Zemacies finlayi n. sp. snail | |
Xymene lamesetaensis n. sp., Lenitrophon suteri n. sp.
Xymene lamesetaensis n. sp. murex snail
Lenitrophon suteri n. sp. murex snail | |
Perissodonta laevis Wilckens 1911 snail | |
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata" = Antarctohoges, "Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) arcuacheilos n. sp." = Antarctohoges arcuacheilos
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata" = Antarctohoges snail
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) arcuacheilos n. sp." = Antarctohoges arcuacheilos Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 snail | |
Serpulorbis hormathos n. sp.
Serpulorbis hormathos n. sp. worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Arcuatula sootryeni n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 mussel
Modiolus thomsoni mussel
Botula pirriei n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 mussel | |
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Electroma notiala n. sp.
Electroma notiala n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 pearl oyster | |
Pinna sobrali oyster | |
Ostrea seymourensis Zinsmeister 1984 oyster | |
Cucullaea donaldi clam | |
Anisodonta subovata n. sp.
Anisodonta subovata n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 clam | |
Eurhomalea florentinoi Zinsmeister 1984 venus clam | |
Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides Wilckens 1911 softshell clam | |
Hiatella tenuis Wilckens 1911 clam
Panopea philippii clam | |
Saxolucina sharmani Wilckens 1911 clam |