Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei)

• Published in: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Schwarzhans, Werner, Mörs, Thomas, Engelbrecht, Andrea, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Kriwet, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Antarctica; Eocene; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Macruronus; Temperate Climate; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; New Zealand; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/49666

The first record of fossil teleostean otoliths from Antarctica is reported. The fossils were obtained from late Early Eocene shell beds of the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island that represent the last temperate marine climate phase in Antarctica prior to the onset of cooling and subsequent glaciat...