DPV 13/84: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888
2 specimens
    = Sphenisciformes indet.
Cenizo et al. 2015
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. (Brisson 1762)
Buono et al. 2016 2 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Llanocetidae
Llanocetus sp. Mitchell 1989
Marx et al. 2019 2 specimens
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888
Cenizo et al. 2015 3 specimens
morphotype 2
Reptilia - Sphenisciformes
Sphenisciformes indet. Sharpe 1891
Haidr and Acosta Hospitaleche 2017 1 specimen
Reptilia
Delphinornis sp. Wiman 1905
1 specimen
Delphinornis larseni (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
1 specimen
Gen. et sp. nov. 6 & 7
Palaeeudyptes sp. Huxley 1859
2 specimens
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
10 specimens
Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman 1905)
3 specimens
Ichthyopteryx gracilis (Wiman 1905)
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae
Reptilia
Anthropornis sp. Wiman 1905
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Anthropornis grandis (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 5 specimens
Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi (Wiman 1905)
3 specimens
Marambiornis exilis Myrcha et al. 2002
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.3° South, 58.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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
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
Also known as:IAA 1/12
Database number:100410
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-09 02:50:14 Last modified:2019-06-19 13:40:21
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-09 02:50:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

49855 C. Acosta Hospitaleche. 2014. New crania from Seymour Island (Antarctica) shed light on anatomy of Eocene penguins. Polish Polar Research 34(4):397-412 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
52818 C. Acosta Hospitaleche. 2014. New giant penguin bones from Antarctica: Systematic and paleobiological significance. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13:555-560 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
43660 C. Acosta Hospitaleche and N. Haidr. 2011. Penguin cranial remains from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 23(4):369-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59413 M. R. Buono, M. S. Fernández, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi, S. N. Santilana and T. Mörs. 2016. Eocene basilosaurid whales from the La Meseta Formation, Marambio (Seymour) Island, Antarctica. Ameghiniana 53(3):296-315 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58774 M. Cenizo, C. Acosta Hospitaleche, and M. Reguero. 2015. Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 89(5):870-881 [M. Uhen/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]
64786 N. Haidr and C. Acosta Hospitaleche. 2017. A new penguin cranium from Antarctica and its implications for body size diversity during the Eocene. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 286(2):229-233 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
52064 C. A. Hospitaleche. 2014. New giant penguin bones from Antarctica: Systematic and paleobiological significance. Comptes Rendus Palevol [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
60649 P. Jadwiszczak and T. Mörs. 2019. First partial skeleton of Delphinornis larseni Wiman, 1905, a slender-footed penguin from the Eocene of Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(2.32A):1-31 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]
30741 F. G. Marx, M. R. Buono, A. R. Evans, R. E. Fordyce, M. Reguero and D. P. Hocking. 2019. Gigantic mysticete predators roamed the Eocene Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science 31(2):98-104 [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]
25189 G. G. Simpson. 1971. Review of fossil penguins from Seymour Island. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. Biological Sciences 178(1053):357-387 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]