A diverse Eocene fish scale assemblage from Seymour Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Geodiversitas
• Main Authors: Přikryl, T. (Tomáš), Vodrážka, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Teleostei; scales; lepidology; Eocene; La Meseta Formation; Antarc*; Antarctica; Seymour Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5252/g2012n4a11; http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0215396

A collection of fish scales from the La Meseta Formation (Paleogene, Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica) has been studied, permitting the characterisation of five clearly distinguishable morphotypes. Three morphotypes are comparable to scales of recent trachichthyids, clupeids, and gadids. The other...