Seymour Island, RV 8702: Ypresian - Lutetian, Antarctica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Antarctica
Coordinates: 64.2° South, 56.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.5° South, 62.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian - Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval: 56 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Meseta Member:Telm 5
Stratigraphy comments: Uppermost levels of the Submeseta Allomember ...Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi
Biozone (Cenizo 2012). Per UCMP/UCR records, said to be Telm 5. Kloess et al. 2020 estimate age of 51.3–49.1 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collection method comments: Originally part of University of California-Riverside collections.
Taxonomic list comments:Vertebrate reported from shell bed. No invertebrate taxa listed.
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP RV9501
Database number:183434
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-12-21 20:23:38 Last modified:2022-04-06 07:04:37
Access level:the public Released:2016-12-21 20:23:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57894. M. M. Cenizo. 2012. Review of the putative Phorusrhacidae from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Antarctica: new records of ratites and pelagornithid birds. Polish Polar Research 33(3):225-244 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

74165 P. A. Kloess, A. W. Poust, and T. A. Stidham. 2020. Earliest fossils of giant‑sized bony‑toothed birds (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Scientific Reports 10(18286 ):1-11 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]