IAA 3/12: Priabonian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.3° South, 58.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Submeseta | Member: | Submeseta II | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179418 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-16 10:33:14 | Last modified: | 2019-01-07 15:43:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-16 10:33:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59413. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 47120 | M. Buono, M. Fernández, C. Tambussi, T. Mörs, and M. Reguero. 2011. Un arqueoceto (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) del Eoceno temprano tardío de Isla Marambio (Formación La Meseta), Antártida. Ameghiniana 48:R149-R150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |