New records of hexanchiform sharks (Elasmobranchii: Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica with comments on previous reports and described taxa

• Published in: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
• Main Authors: dos Santos, Rodolfo Otávio, Riff, Douglas, Rodriguez Amenabar, Cecilia, Rodriguez Cabral Ramos, Renato, Fernandes Rodrigues, Igor, Scheffler, Sandro Marcelo, Araújo Carvalho, Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of New Zealand
• Subjects: HEXANCHIFORMES; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; JAMES ROSS SUB-BASIN; LARSEN BASIN; LATE CRETACEOUS SHARKS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Ross Island; Argentino; Argentina; Rodriguez; Pablo; Ramos; Hill Island; Snow Hill Island; Larsen Basin; Herbert Sound; Snow Hill; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/203404

Sharks are virtually absent from coastal Antarctica since the Late Eocene glaciations, but this group exhibited a notable austral diversity during the Cretaceous and Paleogene. Several species have already been described from the Aptian-Eocene successions of the Larsen Basin exposed in the James Ros...