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
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
Gastropoda | |
Zegalerus coniculus n. sp.
Zegalerus coniculus n. sp. slipper shell | |
Colposigma capitanea n. sp.
Colposigma capitanea n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 turret shell | |
Polinices (Polinices) cf. subtenuis Ihering 1907 moon snail | |
Pachymelon (Palomelon) suropsilos n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 volute | |
Struthiolarella variabilis Wilckens 1911 snail
Perissodonta laevis Wilckens 1911 snail | |
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata" = Antarctohoges
"Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata" = Antarctohoges snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Periploma cf. topei clam | |
Hiatella tenuis Wilckens 1911 clam
Panopea philippi clam
Panopea eightsi n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 clam | |
Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides Wilckens 1911 softshell clam | |
"Cyclorismina" marwicki Zinsmeister 1984 venus clam
Eurhomalea antarctica Sharman and Newton 1897 venus clam | |
Mactra irizari Wilckens 1912 clam | |
Saxolucina sharmani Wilckens 1911 clam | |
Modiolus thomsoni mussel | |
Ostrea seymourensis Zinsmeister 1984 oyster |