Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.2° S, 58.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: W. J. Zinsmeister and J. D. Stilwell. 1990. First record of the family Ringiculidae (Gastropoda) from the middle Tertiary of Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):373-376 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.12.2015
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Ringicula (Ringicula) cockburnensins n. sp. Zinsmeister and Stilwell 1990 snail |