Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° S, 59.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cucullea I Member (La Meseta Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• Based on dinoflagellate biostrat and Sr isotopes (Douglas et al., 2014)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2001
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 191740: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Lyreidus antarcticus Feldmann and Zinsmeister 1984 crab |