IAA 2/95: Ypresian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp.
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Kallodentis rhytistemma Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Meridiogaleus cristatus Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus laevis n. sp. Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina antarctica n. sp. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Tripterophycis immutatus Schwarzhans 1980
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola anderssoni n. sp. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
? Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Notoberyx cionei n. gen., n. sp. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 3 specimens
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus marambionis n. sp. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 3 specimens
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Paraulopus sp. Sato and Nakabo 2002
Schwarzhans et al. 2017 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Calyptocephalellidae
Calyptocephalella sp. Strand 1926
Mörs et al. 2020
Swedish Museum of Natural History NRM-PZ B282, right ilium (Fig. 2), NRM-PZ B281, skull bone
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Sparnotheriodontidae
Notolophus arquinotiensis Bond et al. 2006
Bond et al. 2006 1 specimen
MLP 96-I-5-5, left upper incisiviform (I1?)
Mammalia - Polydolopidae
Antarctodolops dailyi
Chornogubsky et al. 2009 6 specimens
MLP 94-III-15-254, MLP 95-I-10-3, MLP 96-I-5-1, MLP 96-I-5-2, MLP 96-I-5-3, MLP 96-I-5-4
Mammalia - Derorhynchidae
Pauladelphys juanjoi n. sp. Goin et al. 1999
Goin et al. 1999 1 specimen
MLP 95-1-10-2, an isolated lower molar (m?3; Figs. 4A-C).
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica State/province:Seymour Island
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.4° South, 63.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Meseta Member:TELM 5
Stratigraphy comments: Cucullaea I allomember of the La Meseta Formation (this is the alternative division system of the La Meseta Fm. to the TELM system)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:marsupial site
Database number:176085
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Zijlstra, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-27 10:12:22 Last modified:2018-03-08 13:41:41
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-27 10:12:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57798. S. F. Vizcaino, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi and S. N. Santillana. 1997. New land mammal-bearing localities from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes 997-1000 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]

Secondary references:

57463 M. Bond, M. A. Reguero, S. F. Vizcaino and S. A. Marenssi. 2006. A new 'South American ungulate' (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Eocene of the Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 258:163-176 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
57792 L. Chornogubsky, F. J. Goin, and M. Reguero. 2009. A reassessment of Antarctic polydolopid marsupials (Middle Eocene, La Meseta Formation). Antarctic Science 21(3):285-297 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
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]
57522 F. J. Goin, J. A. Case, M. O. Woodburne, S. F. Vizcaino, and M. A. Reguero. 1999. New Discoveries of "Opposum-like" Marsupials from Antarctica (Seymour Island, Medial Eocene). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 6(4):335-365 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
72163 T. Mörs, M. Reguero, and D. Vasilyan. 2020. First fossil frog from Antarctica: implications for Eocene high latitude climate conditions and Gondwanan cosmopolitanism of Australobatrachia. Scientific Reports 10:5051:1-11 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]
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]