ZPAL 3: Priabonian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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? Dorudontinae indet.
(Miller 1923)
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Fostowicz-Frelik 2003 | 1 specimen | |||||
invalid subgroup of Basilosauridae | |||||||
Reptilia
- Sphenisciformes
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Sphenisciformes indet.
Sharpe 1891
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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 |
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] |