PU 614 (Telm VI) - Seymour Island (Eocene of Antarctica)

Also known as PU 1082, PU 1073

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 58.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Telm 6 Member (La Meseta Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Telm 6 of the La Meseta Fm, which overlies the Cross Valley Fm and is unconformably overlain by Quaternary deposits. THICKNESS: Unknown, within 294 m thick section. AGE: Late Eocene. Within the Perissodonta laevis. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near top of section; equivalent to PU 1073, 1082.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, ferruginous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Barrier island to nearshore tidal and wave-dominated environment. TEMPERATURE: Warm-temperate fauna.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, with limonized concentrations of fossils. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies desicription.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: J. D. Stilwell and M. O. Woodburne, December, 1986. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72394: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Bivalvia, Gastropoda, and Cephalopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature, use of endemic generic/subgeneric names, and consistent use of species-level assignments.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Zegalerus coniculus n. sp. slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Colposigma capitanea n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Polinices) cf. subtenuis Ihering 1907 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Pachymelon (Palomelon) suropsilos n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolarella variabilis Wilckens 1911 snail
Perissodonta laevis Wilckens 1911 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata" = Antarctohoges
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata" = Antarctohoges snail
Bivalvia
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella tenuis Wilckens 1911 clam
Panopea eightsi n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides Wilckens 1911 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cyclorismina" marwicki Zinsmeister 1984 venus clam
Eurhomalea antarctica Sharman and Newton 1897 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra irizari Wilckens 1912 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Saxolucina sharmani Wilckens 1911 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea seymourensis Zinsmeister 1984 oyster