First articulated teleost fish from the Paleogene of West Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Jerzmańska, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102091000366; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102091000366

Marambionella andreae gen. et sp. nov. from the La Meseta Formation (Upper Eocene–?Lower Oligocene) on Seymour Island is the first fossil clupeid found in Antarctica and the first articulated teleost from the Antarctic Paleogene. It shows a mosaic of similarities and differences compared with variou...