ZPAL 3: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
? Dorudontinae indet. (Miller 1923)
Fostowicz-Frelik 2003 1 specimen
invalid subgroup of Basilosauridae
Reptilia - Sphenisciformes
Sphenisciformes indet. Sharpe 1891
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica State/province:Seymour Island
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.3° South, 58.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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 6-7
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
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:100190
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-01 09:24:43 Last modified:2018-03-08 14:09:56
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-01 09:24:43
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]
34514 L. Fostowicz-Frelik. 2003. An enigmatic whale tooth from the Upper Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Polish Polar Research 24(1):13-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]