Bridging the southern gap: First definitive evidence of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Antarctica and their dispersion routes

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Campos, Lisandro, Fernández, Marta Susana, Herrera, Y., Talevi, Marianella, Concheyro, A., Gouiric Cavalli, Soledad, O'gorman, Jose Patricio, Santillana, S.N., Acosta Burlaille, L., Moly, J.J., Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: JURASSIC; MADAGASCAR; MARINE REPTILES; MOZAMBIQUE CORRIDOR; OPHTHALMOSAURIDAE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Patagonia; Pacific; Argentina; Nordenskjöld; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/139186

New ichthyosaur remains from the Upper Jurassic of Antarctica, recovered from the Ameghino (=Nordenskjöld) Formation are described. These three new specimens represent the first unambiguous records of ichthyosaurs in this continent. Based on the morphology of the humerus, we refer one of the specime...