Also known as PU 1092, PU 45, PU 622
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: In upper part of section; equivalent to PU 1092, 45, and 622.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified 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 72398: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Perna" sp., Arcuatula sootryeni n. sp.
"Perna" sp. Retzius 1788 mussel
Arcuatula sootryeni n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 mussel | |
Cucullaea donaldi clam | |
Ostrea seymourensis Zinsmeister 1984 oyster | |
"Chlamys" "sp. B" Röding 1798 scallop | |
"Cyclorismina" marwicki Zinsmeister 1984 venus clam
Eurhomalea florentinoi Zinsmeister 1984 venus clam | |
Mactra irizari, Nymphactra jonasseni n. gen. n. sp.
Mactra irizari Wilckens 1912 clam
Nymphactra jonasseni n. gen. n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 clam | |
Hiatella tenuis Wilckens 1911 clam
Panopea philippi clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Scaphander (Kaitoa) schmidti n. sp.
Scaphander (Kaitoa) schmidti n. sp. snail | |
Colposigma euthenia n. sp.
Colposigma euthenia n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 turret shell | |
Polinices (Polinices) subtenuis Ihering 1907 moon snail | |
Cominella crozieri n. sp.
Cominella crozieri n. sp. true whelk | |
Austrotoma oliveroi n. sp.
Austrotoma oliveroi n. sp. snail | |
Zemacies finlayi n. sp.
Zemacies finlayi n. sp. snail | |
Struthiolarella variabilis Wilckens 1911 snail |