The early origin of the Antarctic Marine Fauna and its evolutionary implications

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Crame, J. Alistair, Beu, Alain G., Ineson, Jon R., Francis, Jane E., Whittle, Rowan J., Bowman, Vanessa C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; Sobral; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507012/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507012/1/plos.pdf

The extensive Late Cretaceous – Early Paleogene sedimentary succession of Seymour Island, N.E. Antarctic Peninsula offers an unparalleled opportunity to examine the evolutionary origins of a modern polar marine fauna. Some 38 modern Southern Ocean molluscan genera (26 gastropods and 12 bivalves), re...