IAA 1/95 (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 63.4° S, 63.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: TELM 5 Member (La Meseta Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Cucullaea I allomember of the La Meseta Formation (this is the alternative division system of the La Meseta Fm. to the TELM system) (level 35 in Montes et al., 2013, fig 2)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaino, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi and S. N. Santillana. 1997. New land mammal-bearing localities from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes 997-1000 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176084: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 27.01.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet.2 Fürbringer 1888 bird
morphotype 1
Mammalia
 Panameriungulata - Sparnotheriodontidae
Notolophus arquinotiensis1 Bond et al. 2006 placental
MLP 04-III-3-1, incomplete right p4
 Microbiotheria - Woodburnodontidae
Woodburnodon casei n. gen. n. sp.3
Woodburnodon casei n. gen. n. sp.3 Goin et al. 2007 marsupial
MLP 04-III-1-2, an isolated, worn upper right molar (M2 or M3)
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Palimphemus seymourensis n. sp.4 Schwarzhans et al. 2017