ZPAL 4: Priabonian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Delphinornis arctowskii n. sp.
Myrcha et al. 2002
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Myrcha et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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1 specimen | ||||||
Palaeeudyptes klekowsii n. sp.
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Myrcha et al. 1990 | 2 specimens | |||||
Palaeeudyptes gunnari
(Wiman 1905)
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Myrcha et al. 2002 | 3 specimens | |||||
Delphinornis gracilis n. sp.
(Wiman 1905)
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Myrcha et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||
nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae | |||||||
Reptilia
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Marambiornis exilis n. sp.
Myrcha et al. 2002
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Myrcha et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||
Archaeospheniscus wimani
(Marples 1953)
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Myrcha et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||
Ratitae indet.
(Merrem 1813)
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Bargo and Reguero 1998 | 1 specimen | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Antarctica | State/province: | Seymour Island |
Coordinates: | 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 64.3° South, 58.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 100187 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-12-01 08:50:34 | Last modified: | 2018-03-08 14:09:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 08:50:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34379. | P. Jadwiszczak. 2008. An intriguing penguin bone from the Late Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 20(6):589-590 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
34464 | M. S. Bargo and M. A. Reguero. 1998. Annotated catalogue of the fossil vertebrates from Antarctica housed in the Museo de la Plata, Argentina. I. Birds and Land Mammals from La Meseta Formation (Eocene - Early Oligocene). Associacion Paleontologica Argentina, Publicacion Especial 5:211-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
64969 | A. Engelbrecht, T. Mörs, M. A. Reguero and J. Kriwet. 2017. New carcharhiniform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the early to middle Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1371724 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
19675 | 5% 56120 | A. Myrcha, P. Jadwiszczak, C. P. Tambussi, J. I. Noriega, A. Gazdzicki, A. Tatur, and R. A. Valle. 2002. Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. Polish Polar Research 23(1):5-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
34510 | A. Myrcha, A. Tatur, and R. Del Valle. 1990. A new species of fossil penguin from Seymour Island, West Antarctica. Alcheringa 14(3):195-205 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |