Contributions to the knowledge of Antarctodon sobrali (Mammalia: Astrapotheria) from the Eocene of Antarctica

• Main Author: Gelfo, Javier Nicolás
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Science Press
• Subjects: ASTRAPOTHERIA; EOCENE; ANATARCTICA; LA MESETA FORMATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Marambio; Patagonia; Seymour; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/235053

The Astrapotheria constitutes one of the five orders of extinct South American native ungulates, with a fossil recordthat also extends to the Eocene of the Antarctic Peninsula. In contrast to the abundant specimens known for litopternSparnotheriodontidae and metatherians, astrapotheres are represent...