First record of eocene bony fishes and crocodyliforms from Canada's Western Arctic.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Jaelyn J Eberle, Michael D Gottfried, J Howard Hutchison, Christopher A Brochu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nunavut; Northwest Territories; Eureka; Heiberg; Gar’; Arctic Island; Eureka Sound; Aulavik National Park; Banks Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096079; https://doaj.org/article/9600a35a25e14a839a24d57b2c65792e

BACKGROUND: Discovery of Eocene non-marine vertebrates, including crocodylians, turtles, bony fishes, and mammals in Canada's High Arctic was a critical paleontological contribution of the last century because it indicated that this region of the Arctic had been mild, temperate, and ice-free du...