Pingfo I, living assemblage (Holocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (62.3° S, 58.6° W: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 58.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Del Valle, D. Montalti, and M. Inbar. 2002. Mid-Holocene macrofossil-bearing raised marine beaches at Potter Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Antarctic Science 14(3):263-269 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 177180: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus gazella Peters 1875 fur seal
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mirounga leonina, "Leptonychotes weddelli" = Leptonychotes weddellii
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal
"Leptonychotes weddelli" = Leptonychotes weddellii Lesson 1826 Weddell seal
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Chionidae
"Chionis alba" = Chionis albus
"Chionis alba" = Chionis albus Gmelin 1789 snowy sheathbill
 Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae
"Catharacta maccormicki" = Stercorarius maccormicki, "Catharacta antarctica" = Stercorarius antarcticus
"Catharacta maccormicki" = Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders 1893 south polar skua
"Catharacta antarctica" = Stercorarius antarcticus Lesson 1831 brown skua
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789 Antarctic tern
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Pygoscelis adeliae Hombon and Jacquinot 1841 Adelie penguin
"Pygoscelis antarctica" = Pygoscelis antarcticus Forster 1781 chinstrap penguin
Pygoscelis papua Forester 1781 gentoo penguin
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin 1789 southern giant-petrel