Late Mesozoic marine Antarctic fishes: future perspectives based on the newly collections recovered in the Ameghino and Lopez de Bertodano Formations

• Main Authors: Gouiric Cavalli, Soledad, Acosta Burllaile, Leonel, Iglesias, Ari, Moly, Juan José, O'Gorman, José Patricio, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Santillana, Sergio, Talevi, Marianella, Vieytes, Emma Carolina, Bigurrarena Ojeda, Mauricio A., Lusky, Jorge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Paleontología; Actinopterygii; Chondrichthyes; Jurassic; Cretaceous; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic; Lopez; Lopez de Bertodano; Marambio; Seymour; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/81187

Nowadays, notothenioids are the teleostean group that dominates marine Antarctic waters. However, during the Mesozoic a diverse ichthyofauna inhabited the sea that surrounded Antarctic. We present the preliminary results of the last two Argentinian Antarctic field expedition to the Late Jurassic of...