A new sawshark, Pristiophorus laevis , from the Eocene of Antarctica with comments on Pristiophorus lanceolatus

• Main Authors: Engelbrecht, Andrea, Mörs, Thomas, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Kriwet, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Seymour Island; Palaeogene; Southern Ocean; Pristiophoridae; new taxon; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; New Zealand; Seymour; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108333

The highly fossiliferous Eocene deposits of the Antarctic Peninsula are among the most productive sites for fossil remains in the Southern Hemisphere and offer rare insights into high-latitude faunas during the Palaeogene. Chondrichthyans, which are represented by abundant isolated remains, seemingl...