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La Meseta - Acantilados, Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

FormationLa Meseta
MemberAcantilados
Age:47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
IntervalLutetian
Lithologymudstone, mudstone/sandstone
Number of Collections5
Number of Occurrences11

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
S12Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, AntarcticaLa Meseta - Acantilados
S19Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, AntarcticaLa Meseta - Acantilados
S20Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, AntarcticaLa Meseta - Acantilados
Locality 3Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, AntarcticaLa Meseta - Acantilados
WP40Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, AntarcticaLa Meseta - Acantilados

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Callianassa sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Callianassa47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Protocallianassa faujasi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Protocallianassa : Protocallianassa faujasi47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Corystes minisculus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Corystidae : Corystes : Corystes minisculus47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Glyphea reticulata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Glypheidae : Glyphea : Glyphea reticulata47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Antarctomithrax thomsoni
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Corystidae : Antarctomithrax : Antarctomithrax thomsoni47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Munidopsis scabrosa
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Galatheidae : Munidopsis : Munidopsis scabrosa47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Lyreidus antarcticus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Raninidae : Lyreidus : Lyreidus antarcticus47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Lyreidus hookeri
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Raninidae : Lyreidus : Lyreidus hookeri47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

References

Feldmann R. M., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2003) Decapod crustaceans from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica: a model for preservation of decapods, Journal of the Geological Society, London 160, 151-160
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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