D521: Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Spheniscidae
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Eosphaeniscus sp.
Wiman 1905
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2 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Palaeeudyptes | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 64.3° South, 56.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.0° South, 55.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene |
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 88446 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-12 14:01:57 | Last modified: | 2009-04-12 17:01:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-12 14:01:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29691. | B. J. Marples. 1953. Fossil penguins form the mid-Tertiary of Seymour Island. Falkland Islands Dependence Survey Scientific Reports 5:1-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |