Eocene basilosaurid whales from the la Meseta formation, Marambio (Seymour) Island, Antarctica

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Basilosauridae; Cetacea; Cheek teeth; Mandibles; Paleogene; bone; dispersal; Eocene; fossil record; paleobiogeography; paleoenvironment; Southern Hemisphere; tooth; whale; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; West Antarctica; Bartonia; Antarctic; Marambio; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00027014_v53_n3_p296_Buono; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00027014_v53_n3_p296_Buono

Basal fully aquatic whales, the basilosaurids are worldwide known from Bartonian-Priabonian localities, indicating that this group was widely distributed during the late middle Eocene. In the Northern Hemisphere, fossils of basilosaurids are abundant, while records in the Southern Hemisphere are sca...