Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 63.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Acantilados Member (La Meseta Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

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

•See Kloess et al. 2020 for useful breakdown of stratigraphy of the La Peseta Formation

Environment/lithology: delta front; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: 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 57754: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 21.12.2005

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