La Meseta Fm Telm 7: Priabonian, Antarctica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Dentalium) pulchrum
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis hormathos n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) diversicostata
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spelled with current rank as Antarctohoges | ||||||||||
Arrhoges (Antarctohoges) arcuacheilos n. sp.
Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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recombined as Antarctohoges arcuacheilos | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Struthiolariidae
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Perissodonta laevis
Wilckens 1911
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lenitrophon suteri n. sp.
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Xymene lamesetaensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Sudonassarius antarctohimaleos n. gen., n. sp.
Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cyrtochetus (Cyrtochetus) bucciniformis
Wilckens 1911
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Aeneator lawsi n. sp.
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Cominella (Josepha) ottoi n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus suraknisos n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Zemacies canalomos n. sp.
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Zemacies finlayi n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla glacialis
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander (Kaitoa) schmitti n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Nacellidae
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Cellana feldmanni n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus thomsoni
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Botula pirriei n. sp.
Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Arcuatula sootryeni n. sp.
Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea seymourensis
Zinsmeister 1984
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna sobrali
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Electroma notiala n. sp.
Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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"Chlamys" sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea donaldi
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Saxolucina sharmani
(Wilckens 1911)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides
(Wilckens 1911)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Eurhomalea florentinoi
Zinsmeister 1984
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Anisodonta subovata n. sp.
Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea philippii
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Hiatella tenuis
(Wilckens 1911)
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Glottidia antarctica
(Buckman 1910)
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Emig and Bitner 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Tonniornis minimum n. sp.
Tambussi et al. 2006
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Tambussi et al. 2006 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
authors do not list a specific locality | ||||||||||
Tonniornis mesetaensis n. gen., n. sp.
Tambussi et al. 2006
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Tambussi et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
authors do not list a specific locality | ||||||||||
Anthropornis sp.
Wiman 1905
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Jadwiszczak 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Wimanornis seymourensis n. sp.
Simpson 1971
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Simpson 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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? Palaeeudyptes klekowskii
Myrcha et al. 2002
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Jadwiszczak 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Orthopteryx gigas n. gen., n. sp.
Wiman 1905
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Wiman 1905 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Spheniscidae | ||||||||||
author is not clear as to a specific locality | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Antarctica | State/province: | Seymour Island |
Coordinates: | 64.3° South, 56.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 64.3° South, 58.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,medium,concretionary poorly lithified silty,calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: medium to fine graines sandstone, within intervals of laminated very fine grained sandstone and silty clay, and sparsely distributed beds and lenses of buff somewhat resistant carbonate-cemented, fossiliferous and pebbly sandstones | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Mollusks only |
Metadata
Database number: | 63553 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Ivany, M. Uhen, A. Hendy | Enterer: | L. Ivany, M. Uhen, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-16 12:14:15 | Last modified: | 2018-03-08 14:09:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-16 12:14:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18284. | J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
30445 | C. C. Emig and M. A. Bitner. 2005. Glottidia (Brachiopod: Lingulidae) from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Palaeontology 48(2):423-431 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
64969 | A. Engelbrecht, T. Mörs, M. A. Reguero and J. Kriwet. 2017. New carcharhiniform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the early to middle Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1371724 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
43658 | P. Jadwiszczak. 2011. New data on morphology of late Eocene penguins and implications for their geographic distribution. Antarctic Science 23(6):305-606 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] | |
19675 | 5% 56120 | A. Myrcha, P. Jadwiszczak, C. P. Tambussi, J. I. Noriega, A. Gazdzicki, A. Tatur, and R. A. Valle. 2002. Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. Polish Polar Research 23(1):5-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
25189 | G. G. Simpson. 1971. Review of fossil penguins from Seymour Island. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. Biological Sciences 178(1053):357-387 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
25177 | G. G. Simpson. 1972. Conspectus of Patagonian fossil penguins. American Museum Novitates 2488:1-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
34412 | C. P. Tambussi, C. I. Acosta Hospitaleche, M. A. Reguero and S. A. Marenssi. 2006. Late Eocene penguins from West Antarctica: systematics and biostratigraphy. Geological Society, London Special Publication 258:145-161 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
26183 | C. Wiman. 1905. Über die Alttertiären vertebraten der Seymourinsel. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen südpolar-expedition 3(1):1-35 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |