Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 63.7° S, 61.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Unit III Member (La Meseta Formation), Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Polar Studies, Ohio State University

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1984. New Fossil Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Antarctica: Paleogeographic and Biogeographic Implications. Journal of Paleontology 58(4):1046-1061 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207756: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.01.2020

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