UCMP V77014: Bartonian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Myliobatoidea indet.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalidae indet.
Bonaparte 1834
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon auriculatus
(Blainville 1818)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Eugomphodus macrota
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7 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Carcharias | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 64.2° South, 56.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.1° South, 59.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,pebbly sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: coarse, pebbly, fossiliferous shell bank | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 149623 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-08-17 02:03:15 | Last modified: | 2013-08-16 11:03:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-08-17 02:03:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47940. | B. J. Welton and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1980. Eocene neoselachians from the La Mestea Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Contributions in Science 329:1-10 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |