Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 63.4° S, 63.7° W)

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, sandy siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. Marramà, A. Engelbrecht, T. Mörs, M.A. Reguero, and J. Kriwet. 2018. The Southernmost Occurrence of Brachycarcharias (Lamniformes, Odontaspididae) from the Eocene of Antarctica Provides New Information About the Paleobiogeography and Paelobiology of Paleogene Sand Tiger Sharks. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 124(2):283-298 [M. Uhen/C. McVicker/C. McVicker]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228142: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Cathryn McVicker on 19.11.2022

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