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First articulated teleost fish from the Paleogene of West Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2004

Anna Jerzmańska
Anna Jerzmańska
Affiliation:
Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego, Sienkiewicza 21, Wrocław 50-335, Poland
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Abstract

Marambionella andreae gen. et sp. nov. from the La Meseta Formation (Upper Eocene–?Lower Oligocene) on Seymour Island is the first fossil clupeid found in Antarctica and the first articulated teleost from the Antarctic Paleogene. It shows a mosaic of similarities and differences compared with various clupeid genera. This and the uncertainty about the polarity of characters within clupeids do not allow precise assessment of the phylogenetic relationships of Marambionella.

Keywords

clupeidsfossil fishLa Meseta FormationteleostsPaleogeneSeymour Island
Type
Papers—Earth Sciences and Glaciology
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 309 - 316
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1991

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