Eocene squalomorph sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Engelbrecht, Andrea, Mörs, Thomas, Reguero, Marcelo A., Kriwet, Jürgen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673068/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2017.07.006

Rare remains of predominantly deep-water sharks of the families Hexanchidae, Squalidae, Dalatiidae, Centrophoridae, and Squatinidae are described from the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, which has yielded the most abundant chondrichthyan assemblage from the Southern...