A Sand Tiger Shark-Dominated Fauna from the Eocene Arctic Greenhouse

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: Aspen Padilla, Jaelyn J. Eberle, Michael D. Gottfried, Arthur R. Sweet, J. Howard Hutchison
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Northwest Territories; Eureka; Arctic Island; Eureka Sound; Banks Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.880446

We describe a new shark fauna from Canada's westernmost Arctic island, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, based upon thousands of shark teeth recovered from lower—middle Eocene sediments of the Cyclic Member (Eureka Sound Formation) on northern Banks Island, Northwest Territories (∼74°N latit...