THE SOUTHERNMOST OCCURRENCE OF BRACHYCARCHARIAS (LAMNIFORMES, ODONTASPIDIDAE) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA PROVIDES NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOBIOLOGY OF PALEOGENE SAND TIGER SHARKS

• Main Authors: MARRAMÀ, GIUSEPPE, ENGELBRECHT, ANDREA, Mörs, Thomas, REGUERO, MARCELO A., KRIWET, JÜRGEN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Enheten för paleobiologi 2018
• Subjects: Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-2945

The first record of one of the most common and widespread Paleogene selachians, the sand tiger shark Brachycarcharias, in the Ypresian strata of the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica, is provided herein. Selachians from the early Eocene horizons of this deposit represent the southernmo...