NRM 2 (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Submeseta II Member (Submeseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Upper TELM 7, Priabonian, late Eocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Jadwiszczak, M. Reguero, and T. Mörs. 2021. A new small-sized penguin from the late Eocene of Seymour Island with additional material of Mesetaornis polaris. Gff 143(2-3):283-291 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224219: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.01.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
Mesetaornis polaris Myrcha et al. 2002 penguin
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Marambiornopsis sobrali n. gen. n. sp.
Marambiornopsis sobrali n. gen. n. sp. Jadwiszczak et al. 2021 penguin