Marine Plain, Vestfold Hills, Holocene (Holocene of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (68.5° S, 78.2° E: paleocoordinates 68.5° S, 78.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
• terraces abobe marine lakes
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original phosphate
Primary reference: J. Pickard. 1985. The Holocene fossil marine macrofauna of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Boreas 14:189-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 215322: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Mammalia | |
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga, Hydrurga leptonyx, Mirounga leonina, "Leptonychotes weddelli" = Leptonychotes weddellii
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 crabeater seal
Hydrurga leptonyx de Blainville 1820 leopard seal
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal
"Leptonychotes weddelli" = Leptonychotes weddellii Lesson 1826 Weddell seal | |
| Aves | |
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Aptenodytes forsteri Gray 1844 emperor penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae Hombon and Jacquinot 1841 Adelie penguin | |
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Macronectes gigantea giant petrel | |
| Polychaeta | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Nacella depressa limpet | |
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Iothia coppingeri limpet | |
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Margarella sp. top snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Malletia pellucida clam | |
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Laternula elliptica clam | |
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Thracia meridionalis clam | |
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Mysella gibbosa clam | |
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Lumatula (Antarctolima) hodgsoni file clam | |
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Adamussium colbecki Smith 1902 scallop | |
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Philobrya subaevis clam | |
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Limopsis marionensis Smith 1885 clam | |