ZPAL 10, Sergio Point, Telm6: Priabonian, Antarctica
collected by Andrzej Gazdzicki

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula antarctica Buckman 1910
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Magellania antarctica (Buckman 1910)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Bouchardiidae
Bouchardia antarctica Buckman 1910
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.3° South, 58.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Meseta Member:Telm 6
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Priabonian based on dinoflagellate biostrat and Sr isotopes (Douglas et al., 2014)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,fine poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified argillaceous,conglomeratic siltstone
Lithology description: Telm6 and Telm7 are medium to fine-grained sandstones with intervals of laminated fine-grained sand and silty clay
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: low-energy, shallow-marine environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Andrzej Gazdzicki
Collection method comments: Repository: Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Metadata
Database number:152871
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Manojlovic
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-12-01 18:43:43 Last modified:2018-02-10 22:09:33
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-01 18:43:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49261. M. A. Bitner. 1996. Brachiopods from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Polonica 55:65-100 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]