Eocene land mammals from Seymour Island, Antarctica: palaeobiogeographical implications

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Marenssi, S. A., Reguero, M. A., Santillana, S. N., Vizcaino, S. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102094000027; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102094000027

Middle Eocene land mammals from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island are reviewed. A taxonomically diverse fossil land-vertebrate assemblage with small and medium-size mammals has been recovered from four localities. The depositional setting is shallow marine and most of the mammal-bearing...