ZPAL 8: Ypresian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Sphenisciformes
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Sphenisciformes indet.
Sharpe 1891
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhinchidae
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Callorhinchus stahli n. sp.
Kriwet and Gazdizicki 2003
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Kriwet and Gazdizicki 2003 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Hemithirididae
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Hemithiris sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Hemithiris antarctica
(Buckman 1910)
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Notosariidae
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Notosaria seymourensis
Owen 1980
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Laqueidae
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Laquethiris curiosa
Bitner 1996
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Bouchardiidae
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Bouchardia antarctica
Buckman 1910
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Macandrevia cooperi n. sp.
Bitner 1996
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratellidae
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Magellania antarctica
(Buckman 1910)
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Stethothyris sp.
Thomson 1918
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Bitner 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Terebratella crofti
Owen 1980
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Magella australis
(Buckman 1910)
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Magasella australis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina buckmani
Owen 1980
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Seymourella oweni n. sp.
Bitner 1996
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Bitner 1996 | |||||||||
| Seymourella oweni gen. et sp. n. (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 64.3° South, 56.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.4° South, 63.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | prodelta |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 100188 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-01 09:05:37 | Last modified: | 2018-03-08 14:09:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 09:05:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34380. | P. Jadwiszczak. 2006. Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica: The earliest record, taxonomic problems and some evolutionary considerations. Polish Polar Research 27(4):287-302 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 49261 | M. A. Bitner. 1996. Brachiopods from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Polonica 55:65-100 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic] | |
| 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] | |
| 61673 | J. Kriwet and A. Gazdizicki. 2003. New Eocene Antarctic chimeroid fish (Holocephali, Chimaeriformes). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 24(1):29-51 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |