THE SOUTHERNMOST OCCURRENCE OF <em>BRACHYCARCHARIAS</em> (LAMNIFORMES, ODONTASPIDIDAE) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA PROVIDES NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOBIOLOGY OF PALEOGENE SAND TIGER SHARKS

THE SOUTHERNMOST OCCURRENCE OF <em>BRACHYCARCHARIAS</em> (LAMNIFORMES, ODONTASPIDIDAE) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA PROVIDES NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOBIOLOGY OF PALEOGENE SAND TIGER SHARKS

The first record of one of the most common and widespread Paleogene selachians, the sand tiger shark Brachycarcharias, in the Ypresian strata of the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica, is provided herein. Selachians from the early Eocene horizons of this deposit represent the southernmo...

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Main Authors: GIUSEPPE MARRAMÀ, ANDREA ENGELBRECHT, THOMAS MÖRS, MARCELO A. REGUERO, JÜRGEN KRIWET
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2018-04-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Ypresian
La Meseta Formation
biotic turnovers
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/9985

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