ZPAL 4: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Delphinornis arctowskii n. sp. Myrcha et al. 2002
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
1 specimen
Palaeeudyptes klekowsii n. sp.
Myrcha et al. 1990 2 specimens
Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 3 specimens
Delphinornis gracilis n. sp. (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae
Reptilia
Marambiornis exilis n. sp. Myrcha et al. 2002
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Archaeospheniscus wimani (Marples 1953)
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Ratitae indet. (Merrem 1813)
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Meseta Member:Telm 7
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]
196755% 56120A. 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]