La Meseta Formation

Geology

Group: Seymour Island

Members: unnamed (57), 1-2 (1), 6-7 (6), Acantilados (2), Acantilados I (5), Acantilados II (2), Campamento (3), Campamento I (1), Campamentos II (1), Cucullaea I (9), Cucullaea II (3), Cucullea I (13), Submeseta (8), Submeseta II (1), Telm 1 (5), Telm 2 (11), Telm 3 (22), Telm 4 (18), TELM 4-5 (1), Telm 5 (45), Telm 6 (4), Telm 6-7 (1), Telm 7 (6), Telms 3-5 (1), Unit II (2), Valle de Las Focas (1)

Lithologies: not reported (25), "siliciclastic" (26), mudstone (18), "shale" (3), siltstone (18), sandstone (158), conglomerate (10), "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" (1), marl (1)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (25), terrestrial indet. (2), open shallow subtidal (1), marginal marine indet. (2), coastal indet. (91), estuary/bay (28), lagoonal (19), paralic indet. (16), delta plain (3), delta front (12), prodelta (6), deltaic indet. (7), shoreface (5), transition zone/lower shoreface (11), fluvial indet. (1)

Age range: base of the to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 154.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) (176087 176231 182804 187082)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (57760 75456 75457 81846 98515 99090 100188 100491 120576 152834 152862 152866 152867 152868 152873 152874 152875 168812 168813 168814 168815 168816 168817 203480 203491 203500 203501 203504 275713)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (168818 183434)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) (133687 149635)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) (31365)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Antarctica (167931)
Lutetian - Oxfordian48.07 - 154.8Antarctica (121683)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica (38816 42446 52457 57754 57755 57761 63548 63549 63550 98330 98416 98514 152865 173111 175618 180150 191747 191748 191749 203481 203482 203483 203484 203486 203487 203493 203497 203498 203499 204997 207757 228142 278147 278148 278149 278150 278151 278237 278250 278251 278316 278320 278324 278327 278328 278329 278336 278338 278339 278340 278343 278344 278350 278601)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) (176083)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (173112)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9Antarctica (98517 203485 203488 203489 203490 203492 203494 203495 203496 203502 203503 278334 278345)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica (7296 31173 32360 52067 57735 57737 57738 57739 57753 57757 57762 61094 63551 63552 63553 72405 77358 100414 113372 113374 149623 149633 149634 153447 153802 173113 180207 191736 191737 191738 191739 191740 191741 191742 191743 191744 191745 191746 191917 207756 224219 275712 275714 278152 278153 278154 278238 278239 278240 278241 278242 278243 278244 278245 278246 278247 278248 278249 278252 278253 278254 278255 278283 278284 278285 278335 278337 278341 278584 278585)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) (53666 53668 176084 176085)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Antarctica (152876 152879 173115 278016 278155 278315 278595)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) (126151 204606 204607 204609 204610 204611 204612)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (31366 120887 186840 207511)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (34278 57758 57759 72396 72399 72400 72401 72402 72403 72404 100413 152675 152871 152872 152877 152878 191734 226397 226398 278013 278015 278156 278157 278518)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) (100187 100190 100290 100475)