The Early Origin of the Antarctic Marine Fauna and Its Evolutionary Implications

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Crame, J. Alistair, Beu, Alan G., Ineson, Jon R., Francis, Jane E., Whittle, Rowan J., Bowman, Vanessa C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; Sobral; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262473; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25493546; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114743

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...