DPV 16/84: Priabonian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudodontornithidae indet. Lambrecht 1933
Tonni and Tambussi 1985
    = Mesetaichthys jerzmanskae
Cenizo et al. 2015
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Vizcaino et al. 1997
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Veneroida indet. Gray 1854
Vizcaino et al. 1997
spelled with current rank as Veneroidei
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Vizcaino et al. 1997
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Vizcaino et al. 1997
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Vizcaino et al. 1997
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Sparnotheriodontidae
Notolophus arquinotiensis n. gen., n. sp. Bond et al. 2006
Bond et al. 2006 1 specimen
Holotype, MLP 95-I-10-6, left M3 incomplete (the buccal part of paracone and metacone is missing)
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Vizcaino et al. 1997 4 specimens
see also ref 59413
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Vizcaino et al. 1997
Reptilia
Delphinornis sp. Wiman 1905
1 specimen
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
1 specimen
Reptilia
Aprosdokitos mikrotero n. gen., n. sp. Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2017
Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2017 1 specimen
Reptilia - Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes indet. Fürbringer 1888
1 specimen
Reptilia - Diomedeidae
Notoleptos giglii n. gen., n. sp. Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017
Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017 1 specimen
Reptilia
Palaeognathae indet. Pycraft 1900
Vizcaino et al. 1997
see Tambussi et al. (1994) for details
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.3° South, 58.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:La Meseta Member:Telm 7
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:100413
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Zijlstra Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Zijlstra
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-09 02:54:45 Last modified:2018-03-08 14:10:48
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-09 02:54:45
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:

64798 C. Acosta Hospitaleche and J. N. Gelfo. 2017. Procellariiform remains and a new species from the latest Eocene of Antarctica. Historical Biology 29(6):755-769 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
63037 C. Acosta Hospitaleche, M. Reguero, and S. Santillana. 2017. Aprosdokitos mikrotero gen. et sp. nov., the tiniest Sphenisciformes that lived in Antarctica during the Paleogene. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 283(1):25-34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
25077 C. Acosta Hospitaleche, C. Tambussi, M. Donato and M. Cozzuol. 2007. A new Miocene penguin from Patagonia and its phylogenetic relationships. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):299-314 [M. Uhen/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]
58774 M. Cenizo, C. Acosta Hospitaleche, and M. Reguero. 2015. Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 89(5):870-881 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64969 A. Engelbrecht, T. Mörs, M. A. Reguero and J. Kriwet. 2017. New carcharhiniform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the early to middle Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1371724 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58867 E. P. Tonni and C. P. Tambussi. 1985. Nuevos restos de Odontopterygia (Aves: Pelecaniformes) del Terciario Temprano de Antartida. Ameghiniana 21(2-4):121-124 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57798 S. F. Vizcaino, M. A. Reguero, S. A. Marenssi and S. N. Santillana. 1997. New land mammal-bearing localities from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes 997-1000 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]