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.
• 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 72402: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Zegalerus coniculus slipper shell | |
Bittium antarctonodosum n. sp.
Bittium antarctonodosum n. sp. cerith snail | |
Colposigma euthenia n. sp.
Colposigma euthenia n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 turret shell | |
Sudonassarius antarctohimaleos n. sp. Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 snail | |
Austrotoma oliveri n. sp.
Austrotoma oliveri n. sp. snail | |
Polinices (Polinices) cf. subtenuis Ihering 1907 moon snail | |
"Turbonilla ("Ptycheulimella") aersispira n. sp." = Ptycheulimella
"Turbonilla ("Ptycheulimella") aersispira n. sp." = Ptycheulimella snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea raea clam | |
Ostrea antarctica Zinsmeister 1984 oyster | |
Saxolucina sharmani Wilckens 1911 clam | |
"Cyclorismina" marwicki Zinsmeister 1984 venus clam |