Eocene ungulate mammals from West Antarctica: Implications from their fossil record and a new species

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Gelfo, Javier Nicolás, López, Guillermo M., Santillana, Sergio N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: LAND MAMMAL; LITOPTERNA; NOTIOLOFOS; SEYMOUR ISLAND; SPARNOTHERIODONTIDAE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Argentino; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; isla Marambio; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/56552

Here we describe a new terrestrial mammal from the Eocene of Seymour Island (Isla Marambio) represented by a lower left third molar and assigned to a new species of Sparnotheriodontidae, an ungulate family with a broad palaeobiogeographical distribution in South America. The specimen was found in th...