S28, Seymour Island (Eocene of Antarctica)

Also known as Locality 14

Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Submeseta Member (La Meseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Based on dinoflagellate biostrat and Sr isotopes (Douglas et al., 2014)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified, conglomeratic mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, original chitin

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and S. A. Marenssi. 2003. Decapod crustaceans from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica: a model for preservation of decapods. Journal of the Geological Society, London 160:151-160 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57759: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 21.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Homolodromiidae
Homolodromia chaneyi Feldmann and Wilson 1988 crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa zinsmeisteri Feldmann and Wilson 1988 box crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
? Callinectes sp. Stimpson 1860 swimming crab