Ultimate Eocene (Priabonian) Chondrichthyans (Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: Kriwet, Jürgen, Engelbrecht, Andrea, Mörs, Thomas, Reguero, Marcelo, Pfaff, Cathrin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5346486/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298806; https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2016.1160911

The Eocene La Meseta Formation on Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, is known for its remarkable wealth of fossil remains of chondrichthyans and teleosts. Chondrichthyans seemingly were dominant elements in the Antarctic Paleogene fish fauna, but decreased in abundance from middle to late Eocene,...