Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica has significant environmental, scientific, historic, and intrinsic values, all of which are worth protecting into the future. This continent has a discrete number of places of scientific interest that exhibit great potential as natural heritage sites; its geodiversity is of fundamental im...
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ftarcticportal:oai:generic.eprints.org:2700 2023-12-10T09:38:59+01:00 Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula Reguero, Marcelo 2019-09 application/pdf http://library.arcticportal.org/2700/ http://library.arcticportal.org/2700/1/A1903010.pdf en eng Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC http://library.arcticportal.org/2700/1/A1903010.pdf Reguero, Marcelo (2019) Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Advances in Polar Science, 30 (3). pp. 328-355. Fauna Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftarcticportal 2023-11-15T23:54:41Z Antarctica has significant environmental, scientific, historic, and intrinsic values, all of which are worth protecting into the future. This continent has a discrete number of places of scientific interest that exhibit great potential as natural heritage sites; its geodiversity is of fundamental importance to scientific values of the continent, and the pursuit of geological and paleontological knowledge has had a strong influence on its historical values. Seymour Island was once called the ‘Rosetta Stone’ of Southern Hemisphere paleobiology, because this small island provides the most complete and richly fossiliferous Late Cretaceous–Paleogene sequence in Antarctica. In particular, fossil vertebrates form part of the evidence used in reconstructing the history of life on Antarctica. Paleontological heritage is considered a subset of geo-heritage that embodies both natural and historical components which has received only indirect recognition. Seymour Island is an outstanding paleontological area with high heritage value of its Late Cretaceous/Paleogene vertebrates and should be considered for geo-conservation and protection. This paper reviews vertebrate fossil occurrences and outcrops on Seymour Island and discusses some threats to these fossil sites. Article in Journal/Newspaper Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Polar Science Polar Science Seymour Island Arctic Portal Library Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Seymour ENVELOPE(-56.767,-56.767,-64.283,-64.283) Seymour Island ENVELOPE(-56.750,-56.750,-64.283,-64.283) Marambio ENVELOPE(-56.750,-56.750,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Antarctica has significant environmental, scientific, historic, and intrinsic values, all of which are worth protecting into the future. This continent has a discrete number of places of scientific interest that exhibit great potential as natural heritage sites; its geodiversity is of fundamental importance to scientific values of the continent, and the pursuit of geological and paleontological knowledge has had a strong influence on its historical values. Seymour Island was once called the ‘Rosetta Stone’ of Southern Hemisphere paleobiology, because this small island provides the most complete and richly fossiliferous Late Cretaceous–Paleogene sequence in Antarctica. In particular, fossil vertebrates form part of the evidence used in reconstructing the history of life on Antarctica. Paleontological heritage is considered a subset of geo-heritage that embodies both natural and historical components which has received only indirect recognition. Seymour Island is an outstanding paleontological area with high heritage value of its Late Cretaceous/Paleogene vertebrates and should be considered for geo-conservation and protection. This paper reviews vertebrate fossil occurrences and outcrops on Seymour Island and discusses some threats to these fossil sites. |
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Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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antarctic paleontological heritage: late cretaceous paleogene vertebrates from seymour (marambio) island, antarctic peninsula |
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Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC |
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http://library.arcticportal.org/2700/ http://library.arcticportal.org/2700/1/A1903010.pdf |
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ENVELOPE(-56.767,-56.767,-64.283,-64.283) ENVELOPE(-56.750,-56.750,-64.283,-64.283) ENVELOPE(-56.750,-56.750,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Seymour Seymour Island Marambio |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Seymour Seymour Island Marambio |
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Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Polar Science Polar Science Seymour Island |
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http://library.arcticportal.org/2700/1/A1903010.pdf Reguero, Marcelo (2019) Antarctic Paleontological Heritage: Late Cretaceous Paleogene vertebrates from Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Advances in Polar Science, 30 (3). pp. 328-355. |
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