RV-8405 (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: La Meseta Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Telm 6/7

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Case, M. O. Woodburne, and D. S. Chaney. 1987. A giant phororhacoid (?) bird from Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 61(6):1280-1284 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120887: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.11.2011, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Jelle Zijlstra

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet.2 Fürbringer 1888 bird
UCMP 323792
 Ratitae -