Seymour Island 11 (Paleocene of Antarctica)

Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 66.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sobral Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; gray, silty sandstone

Primary reference: C. E. Macellari. 1988. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoecology of Upper Cretaceous/Paleocene shelf-deltaic sediments of Seymour Island. Geological Society of America-Memoir 169:25-53 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3177: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. n. gen.
Gastropoda indet. n. gen. Cuvier 1795 snail
"n. sp." - originally entered as "Gastropoda n. gen. n. sp."
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Cinulia sp.
Cinulia sp. Gray 1847 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp.
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Perissoptera nordenskjoldi" = Struthiochenopus nordenskjoldi
"Perissoptera nordenskjoldi" = Struthiochenopus nordenskjoldi Wilckens 1910 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrosphaera patagonica
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria larseniana
Pleurotomaria larseniana snail
originally entered as "Pleurtomaria larseniana"
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Australoneilo gracilis
Australoneilo gracilis Wilckens 1905 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula suboblonga" = Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga
"Nucula suboblonga" = Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga Wilckens 1907 nut clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna anderssoni
 Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta webbi
Acesta webbi Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988 file clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea ellioti
Cucullaea ellioti Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorismina sp. n. sp.
Cyclorismina sp. n. sp. Marwick 1927 venus clam
originally entered as "Cyclorismina n. sp."
 Cardiida - Lahillidae
Lahillia larseni
Lahillia larseni Sharman and Newton 1897 clam
originally entered as "Lahilla larseni"
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
spines
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily