DJ 153: Ypresian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.4° South, 63.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: red-brown siltstones and sandstones associated with a megabreccia facies | |
| Environment: | delta plain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 120576 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-18 02:30:46 | Last modified: | 2018-03-08 14:11:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-11-18 02:30:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38549. | P. Jadwiszczak. 2011. The earliest fossil record of a medium−sized penguin. Polish Polar Research 32(3):269-277 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |