An Eocene wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from Seymour Island

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Long, Douglas J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410209200035x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410209200035X

A nearly complete lower pharyngeal tooth-plate from a large (over 60 cm long) fossil wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) was recently recovered from the middle to late Eocene La Meseta Formation on Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. This find increases the number of teleosts from the Eocene of Antarcti...