List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Myliobatoidea indet.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Antarctica | State/province: | Seymour Island | County: | Cape Wiman |
Coordinates: | 64.2° South, 56.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 63.4° South, 62.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | La Meseta | Member: | Telms 3-5 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The sediments are referred to Unite II of Eliot and Trautman (1982) and include Telms 3 to 5. Ypresian to Priabonian time interval based off of Sr isotope dates.
See Kloess et al. 2020 for useful breakdown of stratigraphy of the La Peseta Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | bioturbation muddy sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Size sorting: | well |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | peroxide,sieve,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
Collectors: | J. J. Hooker | Collection dates: | 1989 |
Collection method comments: Material was obtained by screen washing unconsolidated sediments near Cape Wiman near the northwestern tip of Seymour Island. |
Metadata
Database number: | 133687 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. McMullen |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-09-25 03:43:22 | Last modified: | 2022-04-06 07:05:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-09-25 03:43:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43048. | J. Kriwet. 2005. Additions to the Eocene Selachian Fauna of Antarctica with Comments on Antarctic Selachian Diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):1-7 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] |