COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF EOCENE TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES FROM ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

• Main Authors: Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Marcelo A. Reguero, Francisco J. Goin, Claudia P. Tambussi, Jorge I. Noriega
• 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; Baja; Seymour; Pequeña; Consecuencia; Seymour Island; Marambio; Isla Seymour; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica; Antártida
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/35977a678dac4cb49056df29faa78513

Abstract. The record of Paleogene terrestrial vertebrates from Antarctica is restricted to the shallow marine water sediments of the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Seyrnour Island (56° 43'W 64° 14'S). Marnmals are represented by marsupials, edentates and ungulates. Among birds, a falconid...