Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 63.4° S, 63.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Telm 2 Member (La Meseta Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• late early Eocene
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: prodelta; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Jadwiszczak. 2006. Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica: The earliest record, taxonomic problems and some evolutionary considerations. Polish Polar Research 27(4):287-302 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100188: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2010, edited by Marko Manojlovic
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Notosaria seymourensis1 Owen 1980 | |
Hemithiris sp.1 d'Orbigny 1847
Hemithiris antarctica1 Buckman 1910 | |
Seymourella oweni n. sp.1
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Terebratulina buckmani1 Owen 1980 | |
Laquethiris curiosa1 Bitner 1996 | |
Stethothyris sp.1 Thomson 1918
Magellania antarctica1 Buckman 1910
Magella australis1 Buckman 1910
Terebratella crofti1 Owen 1980 | |
Macandrevia cooperi n. sp.1
Macandrevia cooperi n. sp.1 Bitner 1996 | |
Bouchardia antarctica1 Buckman 1910 | |
Aves | |
Sphenisciformes indet. penguin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Callorhinchus stahli n. sp.2
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