Also known as IAA 5/95
Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Submeseta Member (La Meseta Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Based on dinoflagellate biostrat and Sr isotopes (Douglas et al., 2014) This level is located 120 m below the top of the La Meseta Formation within Unit I11 of Elliot & Trautman (1982), Telm 7 of Sadler (1988) or Allomember Submeseta of Marenssi & Santillana (1994).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Palaeontology section of the University of Buenos Aires (CPBA)
Primary reference: M. B. Aguirre-Urreta, S. Marenssi, and S. Santillana. 1995. A new Eocene crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Seymour Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 7:277-281 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez /R. Valdez ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 226397: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 05.07.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Tumidocarcinus foersteri Aguirre-Urreta 1995 crab |