The oldest mammals from Antarctica, early Eocene of the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island

• Main Authors: Gelfo, Javier Nicolás, Mörs, Thomas, Lorente, Malena, López, Guillermo Marcos, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Paleontología; West Antarctica; Palaeogene; Ypresian; Tooth and bone morphology; Ungulates; Sparnotheriodontidae; Antarctic; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/119193

New fossil mammals found at the base of Acantilados II Allomember of the La Meseta Formation, from the early Eocene (Ypresian) of Seymour Island, represent the oldest evidence of this group in Antarctica. Two specimens are here described; the first belongs to a talonid portion of a lower right molar...