James Ross Island Cruise 1989: Ypresian - Lutetian, Antarctica
collected by J. J. Hooker 1989

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Myliobatoidea indet.
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
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
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]