Snow Hill, next to: Bartonian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zeuglodon sp.
Owen 1839
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= Kekenodon sp.
Hector 1881
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Abel 1914 | ||||||
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= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Kellogg 1936 | ||||||
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= Basilosaurus sp.
Harlan 1834
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Cozzuol 1988 | ||||||
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= Zeuglodon sp.
Owen 1839
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Reguero and Gasparini 2007 | ||||||
| synonym of Basilosaurus | |||||||
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Reptilia
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Delphinornis larsenii n. gen., n. sp.
Wiman 1905
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| corrected as Delphinornis larseni | |||||||
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Pachypteryx grandis n. gen., n. sp.
Wiman 1905
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| recombined as Anthropornis grandis | |||||||
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Anthropornis nordenskjoldii n. gen., n. sp.
Wiman 1905
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| corrected as Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Ichtyopteryx gracilis n. gen., n. sp.
Wiman 1905
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| nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae | |||||||
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Eosphaeniscus gunnari n. gen., n. sp.
Wiman 1905
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| recombined as Palaeeudyptes gunnari | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 64.3° South, 56.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.1° South, 59.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | 77358 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-09 14:29:24 | Last modified: | 2013-06-07 15:39:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-09 14:29:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26183. | C. Wiman. 1905. Über die Alttertiären vertebraten der Seymourinsel. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen südpolar-expedition 3(1):1-35 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11972 | O. Abel. 1914. Die vorfahren der bartenwale. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 90:155-224 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 40308 | M. A. Cozzuol. 1988. Comentarios sobre los Archaeoceti: (Mammalia: Cetacea) de la Isla Vicecomodoro Marambio, Antartida. Yornadas Argentinas de Paleontologia de Vertebrados Resumens 5:32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 8335 | R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 47119 | M. Reguero, F. Goin, C. A. Hospitaleche, S. Marenssi, and T. Dutra. 2013. The Terrestrial Biotic Dimension of West Antarctica. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences 55-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 40307 | M. A. Reguero and Z. Gasparini. 2007. Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary marine and terrestrial vertebrates from james Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: A review. In J. Rabassa, M. L. Borla (eds.), Antarctic Peninsula & Tierra del Fuego 55-76 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |