A small whale reveals diversity of the Eocene cetacean fauna of Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Davydenko, Svitozar, Mörs, Thomas, Gol'din, Pavel, anon, anon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Enheten för paleobiologi 2021
• Subjects: Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-4578; https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102020000516

Cetacean fossils have been recorded from middle and late Eocene deposits on Seymour Island since the beginning of the twentieth century and include fully aquatic Basilosauridae and stem Neoceti. Here, we report a small cetacean vertebra tentatively referred to as Neoceti from the late Eocene of Seym...