The fossil record of durophagous predation in the James Ross Basin over the last 125 million years

• Main Authors: Harper, Elizabeth M., Crame, J. Alistair, Pullen, Alice M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2019
• Subjects: Fauna; Seymour; Seymour Island; Sobral; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2693/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2693/1/A1903003.pdf

We review the evidence for predation of shelly benthic prey over 125 million years of earth history in the James Ross Basin, Antarctica (~65°S). Although poor in the Early Cretaceous lower parts of the sequence, which represent essentially deeper water facies, evidence for both potential crushers an...