EOCENE HIGH-LATITUDE TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES FROM ANTARCTICA AS BIOGEOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

• Main Authors: Marcelo A. Reguero, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Francisco J. Goin, Sergio A. Marenssi, Sergio N. Santillana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 2015
• Subjects: Fossil man. Human paleontology; GN282-286.7; Paleontology; QE701-760; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártida
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0786b2ad4f3b40e4a5728d59be7287cf

Abstract. A moderately diverse terrestrial biota is known from the Eocene - ?early Oligocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The La Meseta Formation fills an incised valley and comprises sediments that represent deltaic, estuarine and very shallow marine environments. Fores...