A new sawshark, Pristiophorus laevis , from the Eocene of Antarctica with comments on Pristiophorus lanceolatus

• Published in: Historical Biology
• Main Authors: Engelbrecht, Andrea, Mörs, Thomas, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Kriwet, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
• Subjects: New Taxon; Palaeogene; Pristiophoridae; Seymour Island; Southern Ocean; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; New Zealand; Argentina; Seymour; Suecia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/48512

The highly fossiliferous Eocene deposits of the Antarctic Peninsula are among the most productive sites for fossil remains in the Southern Hemisphere and offer rare insights into high-latitude faunas during the Palaeogene. Chondrichthyans, which are represented by abundant isolated remains, seemingl...