The oldest hexanchiform shark from the Southern Hemisphere (Neoselachii; Early Cretaceous, Antarctica)

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Cione, Alberto Luis, Medina, Francisco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Kotick; Kotick Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102009990228; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102009990228

Abstract The oldest record of the hexanchiform sharks from the Southern Hemisphere and the second chondrichthyan report known from Carboniferous to Early Cretaceous beds in Antarctica is given. The material was collected in late Aptian rocks of the Kotick Point Formation outcropping in the western p...