Where: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (54.5° S, 66.4° W: paleocoordinates 56.7° S, 56.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Leticia Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• age after Acosta Hospitaleche & Olivero 2016; originally middle Eocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; fine-grained, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. A. Clarke, E. B. Olivero, and P. Puerta. 2003. Decription of the earliest fossil penguin from South America, and first Paleogene vertebrate locality of Teirra del Fuego, Argentina. American Museum Novitates 3423:1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59977: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Palaeeudyptes gunnari Wiman 1905 penguin |