Fossil Land Mammal from Antarctica
A fossil land mammal, apparently the first found in Antarctica, belongs to the extinct marsupial family Polydolopidae. The fossils were recovered from rocks about 40 million years old on Seymour Island, in the northern Antarctic Peninsula. The newly discovered marsupials support theories that predic...
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craaas:10.1126/science.218.4569.284 2024-06-09T07:40:15+00:00 Fossil Land Mammal from Antarctica Woodburne, Michael O. Zinsmeister, William J. 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.218.4569.284 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.218.4569.284 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 218, issue 4569, page 284-286 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1982 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.218.4569.284 2024-05-16T12:55:41Z A fossil land mammal, apparently the first found in Antarctica, belongs to the extinct marsupial family Polydolopidae. The fossils were recovered from rocks about 40 million years old on Seymour Island, in the northern Antarctic Peninsula. The newly discovered marsupials support theories that predicted their former presence in Antarctica and strengthen proposals that Australian marsupials perhaps originated from South American species that dispersed across Antarctica when Australia still was attached to it, prior to 56 million years ago. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Seymour Island AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Seymour ENVELOPE(-56.767,-56.767,-64.283,-64.283) Seymour Island ENVELOPE(-56.750,-56.750,-64.283,-64.283) Science 218 4569 284 286 |
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A fossil land mammal, apparently the first found in Antarctica, belongs to the extinct marsupial family Polydolopidae. The fossils were recovered from rocks about 40 million years old on Seymour Island, in the northern Antarctic Peninsula. The newly discovered marsupials support theories that predicted their former presence in Antarctica and strengthen proposals that Australian marsupials perhaps originated from South American species that dispersed across Antarctica when Australia still was attached to it, prior to 56 million years ago. |
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Woodburne, Michael O. Zinsmeister, William J. Fossil Land Mammal from Antarctica |
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Fossil Land Mammal from Antarctica |
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Fossil Land Mammal from Antarctica |
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