DPV 10/84: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
"Mesetaichthys" sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
Myrcha et al. 2002 3 specimens
Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman 1905)
1 individual
Mammalia
Archaeoceti indet. Flower 1883
Mammalia - Cetacea - Llanocetidae
Llanocetus denticrenatus Mitchell 1989
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica State/province:Seymour Island
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.3° South, 58.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Submeseta Allomember
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: lagoonal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:100290
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-07 07:29:24 Last modified:2018-03-08 14:10:11
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-07 07:29:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34240. C. Acosta Hospitaleche and M. Reguero. 2010. First articulated skeleton of Palaeeudyptes gunnari from the Late Eocene of Isla Marimbo (Seymour Island), Antarctica. Antarctic Science 22(3):289-298 [M. Uhen/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]
43659 P. Jadwiszczak. 2012. Partial limb skeleton of a “giant penguin” Anthropornis from the Eocene of Antarctic Peninsula. Polish Polar Research 33(3):259-274 [M. Uhen/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]