IAA 1/93: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acanthopterygii indet.
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus laevis Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Meridiogaleus cristatus Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Kallodentis rhytistemma Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Mustelus sp.
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Reptilia
Delphinornis sp. Wiman 1905
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii 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
Database number:100419
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-09 03:15:59 Last modified:2018-03-08 14:11:22
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-09 03:15:59
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:

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]
61739 A. Engelbrecht, T. Mörs, M. A. Reguero and J. Kriwet. 2017. A new sawshark, Pristiophorus laevis, from the Eocene of Antarctica with comments on Pristiophorus lanceolatus. Historical Biology 29(6):841-853 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/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]
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]
62852 W. Schwarzhans, T. Mörs, A. Engelbrecht, M. Reguero, and J. Kriwet. 2017. Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(2):147-179 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]