The southernmost occurrence of Brachycarcharias (Lamniformes, Odontaspididae) from the Eocene of Antarctica provides new information about the paleobiogeography and paleobiology of Paleogene sand tiger sharks

• Main Authors: Marrama, Giusppe, Engelbrecht, Andrea, Mörs, Thomas, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Kriwet, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli Studi di Milano
• Subjects: Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ypresian; Antarctica; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Suecia; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101336

The first record of one of the most common and widespread Paleogene selachians, the sandtiger shark Brachycarcharias, in the Ypresian strata of the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica, is providedherein. Selachians from the early Eocene horizons of this deposit represent the southernmost...