Bryozoans from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula
BRYOZOANS FROM THE EOCENE OF SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA URSZULA HARA Hara, U. 2001. Bryozoans from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. In: A. Gaździcki (ed.), Palaeontological Results of the Polish Antarctic Expeditions. Part III. Palaeontologia Polonica 60, 33–156. Bryozoans are a significant component of the rich biota of the Eocene La Meseta Formation on Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Within the formation thirty genera and forty−three species are recognized, of which 15 are cyclostomes and 28 are cheilostomes. Two genera and nineteen species are described as new taxa: Retecrisina antarctica sp. n., Ceriopora hemisphaerica sp. n., Neofungella capitula sp. n., Reptomulticava clavaeformis sp. n., Reptomulticava seymourensis sp. n., Disporella marambioensis sp. n., Reticrescis plicatus gen. et sp. n., Aspidostoma multiformis sp. n., Aspidostoma pyriformis sp. n., Aspidostoma taylori sp. n., Celleporaria australis sp. n., Celleporaria gondwanae sp. n., Celleporaria mesetaensis sp. n., Celleporaria ovata sp. n., Dennisia eocenica gen. et sp. n., Smittoidea gazdzickii sp. n., Aimulosia lamellosa sp. n., Osthimosia globosa sp. n., and Rhynchozoon quadratus sp. n. The most abundant bryozoan assemblage occurs in the transgressive facies of the lower part of the formation (Telm1 unit). The bryozoans from the upper part of the formation are represented by only two taxa, Reticrescis plicatus gen. et sp. n. and Smittina sp. The following genera are herein recorded for the first time from Antarctica: Retecrisina, Crassohornera, Borgella, Ceriopora, Reptomulticava, Cellepora− ria, and Metroperiella. Others such as Crisia, Fasciculipora, Hornera, Cellaria, Smittina, and Reteporella have been previously noted from the Oligocene of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, and some of them from the Pliocene of adjacent Cockburn Island.
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