Princess Astrid Coast: Holocene, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae
Catharacta antarctica (Lesson 1831)
recombined as Stercorarius antarcticus
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray 1844
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombon and Jacquinot 1841)
Reptilia - Oceanitidae
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl 1820)
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin 1789)
Pagodroma nivea (Forster 1777)
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith 1840)
Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Diomedeidae
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson 1826)
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot 1843)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 70.8° South, 11.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:70.8° South, 11.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
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:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:90111
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-07-08 09:08:58 Last modified:2010-02-12 17:10:24
Access level:the public Released:2009-07-08 09:08:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30226. U. Schmolcke. 2008. Holocene environmental changes and the seal (Phocidae) fauna of the Baltic Sea: coming, going and staying. Mammal Review 38(4):231-246 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]