Also known as PU 478

Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 63.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Telm 5 Member (La Meseta Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Telm 5 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: Middle Eocene. Within the Struthiolarella steinmanni zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: In upper part of section; equivalent to PU 478.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal, gray, sandy conglomerate

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 72399: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.06.2007

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