Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 63.7° S, 61.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Acantilados Member (La Meseta Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Based on dinoflagellate biostrat and Sr isotopes (Douglas et al., 2014)
•TELM 2
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta front; poorly lithified mudstone and 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 191749: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814 decapod | |
Glyphea reticulata Feldmann and Gazdzicki 1997 decapod | |
Lyreidus hookeri Feldmann 1992 crab | |
Antarctomithrax thomsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Antarctomithrax thomsoni n. gen. n. sp. Feldmann 1994 crab |