SDSM locality V2005-03, Vega Island: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Antarctica
collected by American-Argentine team (SDSM)
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Mauisaurus sp.
Hector 1874
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SDSM 78156 (a nearly complete, articulated torso, partial paddles, and neck and tail sections) | ||||||||||
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= Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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O'Gorman et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Tylosaurinae indet.
Wiliston 1895
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Martin 2002 | |||||||||
| Juvenile skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 63.9° South, 57.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.2° South, 68.0° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Snow Hill Island | Member: | Cape Lamb | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Cape Lamb Member of the Snow Hill Island Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: shallow marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | American-Argentine team (SDSM) |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140272 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, J. Tennant, F. Aspromonte |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-06 23:46:33 | Last modified: | 2024-03-01 18:10:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-06 23:46:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45345. | J. E. Martin, J. F. Sawyer, M. Reguero and J. A. Case. 2007. Occurrence of a young elasmosaurid plesiosaur skeleton from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Antarctica. U.S. Geological Survey and The National Academies Short Research Paper 66:1-4 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 46113 | J. E. Martin. 2002. Juvenile marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous of the Antarctic Peninsula and their relationships to other such occurrences in Central South Dakota and Belgium. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 81:53-57 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 86379 | J. P. O'Gorman, R. Otero, M. Reguero and Z. Gasparini. 2019. Cretaceous Antarctic plesiosaurs: stratigraphy, systematics and paleobiogeography. Advances in Polar Science 30(3):210-227 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte] |