Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° S, 59.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cucullea I Member (La Meseta Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Based on dinoflagellate biostrat and Sr isotopes (Douglas et al., 2014)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion, original calcite, original chitin

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

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 57737: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 20.12.2005

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