DPV 14/84: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Delphinornis sp. Wiman 1905
1 specimen
Delphinornis arctowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Delphinornis larseni (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 1 specimen
Wimanornis seymourensis Simpson 1971
1 specimen
Archaeospheniscus wimani (Marples 1953)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes sp. Huxley 1859
5 specimens
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
7 specimens
Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 6 specimens
Reptilia
Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 3 specimens
Anthropornis grandis (Wiman 1905)
Myrcha et al. 2002 2 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867
Buono et al. 2016 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.3° South, 58.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Submeseta Member:Submeseta II
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: MLP 84-II-1-568 comes from the Submeseta Formation (Submeseta II Allomember, level 38, equivalent to TELM 7 of Sadler, 1988); late Eocene (Priabo- nian) (Fig. 2).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:100411
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-09 02:52:33 Last modified:2016-06-16 10:56:27
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-09 02:52:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34464. M. S. Bargo and M. A. Reguero. 1998. Annotated catalogue of the fossil vertebrates from Antarctica housed in the Museo de la Plata, Argentina. I. Birds and Land Mammals from La Meseta Formation (Eocene - Early Oligocene). Associacion Paleontologica Argentina, Publicacion Especial 5:211-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

43660 C. Acosta Hospitaleche and N. Haidr. 2011. Penguin cranial remains from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 23(4):369-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57463 M. Bond, M. A. Reguero, S. F. Vizcaino and S. A. Marenssi. 2006. A new 'South American ungulate' (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Eocene of the Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 258:163-176 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
59413 M. R. Buono, M. S. Fernández, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi, S. N. Santilana and T. Mörs. 2016. Eocene basilosaurid whales from the La Meseta Formation, Marambio (Seymour) Island, Antarctica. Ameghiniana 53(3):296-315 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
196755% 56120A. Myrcha, P. Jadwiszczak, C. P. Tambussi, J. I. Noriega, A. Gazdzicki, A. Tatur, and R. A. Valle. 2002. Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. Polish Polar Research 23(1):5-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]