Eocene Antarctica: a window into the earliest history of modern whales

• Main Authors: Buono, Mónica R., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Marx, Felix G., Fernández, Marta S., Reguero, Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2019
• Subjects: Fauna; Oceans; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2698/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2698/1/A1903008.pdf

The Eocene–Oligocene Southern Ocean is thought to have played a major role in cetacean evolution. Yet, fossils from its heart—Antarctica—are rare, and come almost exclusively from the Eocene La Meseta and Submeseta formations of Marambio (Seymour) Island. Here, we provide a summary and update of thi...