Where: Seymour Island, Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 64.1° S, 59.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island Group), Eocene to Eocene (55.8 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: permineralized, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: I. Poole, A. M. W. Mennega, and D. J. Cantrill. 2003. Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 124:9-27 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34278: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 25.08.2003