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La Meseta - Cucullaea I, Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

Formation	La Meseta
Member	Cucullaea I
Age:	41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene
Interval	Bartonian
Lithology	sandstone, mudstone/siltstone, conglomerate
Number of Collections	7
Number of Occurrences	13

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
S11	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I
S14	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I
S25	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I
Cucullaea I	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I
DPV 1/94	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I
IAA 2/13	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I
DPV 6/84	Weddell Sea, Western Antarctica, Antarctica	La Meseta - Cucullaea I

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
La Meseta - Telm 3	47.8 - 38.0 Ma Eocene	not reported/sandstone, sandstone/siltstone, sandstone, "siliciclastic"	86

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae species	7	Protophyllocladoxylon : *Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Agathoxylon pseudoparenchymatosum species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Agathoxylon : *Agathoxylon pseudoparenchymatosum*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Cupressinoxylon hallei species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Cupressinoxylon : *Cupressinoxylon hallei*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Phyllocladoxylon : *Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Phyllocladoxylon pooleae species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Phyllocladoxylon : *Phyllocladoxylon pooleae*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Homolodromia chaneyi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Homolodromiidae : Homolodromia : *Homolodromia chaneyi*	41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene
Lyreidus antarcticus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Raninidae : Lyreidus : *Lyreidus antarcticus*	41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene
Diomedeidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Procellariidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Procellariidae	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Spheniscidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Pristiophorus laevis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Pristiophoriformes : Pristiophoridae : Pristiophorus : *Pristiophorus laevis*	56 - 47.8 Ma Eocene
Notiolofos regueroi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sparnotheriodontidae : Notiolofos : *Notiolofos regueroi*	56 - 47.8 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

Pujana R. R., Santillana S. N., et al (2014) Conifer fossil woods from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene of Western Antarctica): Evidence of Podocarpaceae-dominated forests, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 200, 122-137 doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.09.001

Gelfo J. N., López G. M., et al (2017) Eocene ungulate mammals from West Antarctica: implications from their fossil record and a new species, Antarctic Science doi:10.1017/S0954102017000244

Acosta Hospitaleche C., Reguero M., et al (2017) Aprosdokitos mikrotero gen. et sp. nov., the tiniest Sphenisciformes that lived in Antarctica during the Paleogene, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 283 1, 25-34 doi:10.1127/njgpa/2017/0624

Acosta Hospitaleche C., Gelfo J. N. (2017) Procellariiform remains and a new species from the latest Eocene of Antarctica, Historical Biology 29 6, 755-769 doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1238470

Engelbrecht A., Mörs T., et al (2017) A new sawshark, Pristiophorus laevis, from the Eocene of Antarctica with comments on Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Historical Biology 29 6, 841-853 doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1252761

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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