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

A Engelbrecht, T Mörs, MA Reguero, J Kriwet - Historical Biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

First record of an Early Cretaceous shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from Antarctica

J Kriwet - Antarctic Science, 2003 - cambridge.org
A shark tooth from the Spartan Glacier Formation of the Fossil Bluff Group of Alexander
Island, Antarctic Peninsula is described and assigned to Palaeospinacidae, an extinct group …

New carcharhiniform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the early to middle Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

A Engelbrecht, T Mörs, MA Reguero… - Journal of vertebrate …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, is known for its wealth of fossil remains.
This island provides one of the richest fossiliferous Paleogene sequences in the world …

Eocene squalomorph sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from Antarctica

A Engelbrecht, T Mörs, MA Reguero, J Kriwet - Journal of South American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rare remains of predominantly deep-water sharks of the families Hexanchidae, Squalidae,
Dalatiidae, Centrophoridae, and Squatinidae are described from the Eocene La Meseta …

Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

DJ Long - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The marine waters of present-day Antarctica contain an exceedingly depauperate
elasmobranch fauna. Recent investigations into the Eocene marine sediments of the La …

[PDF][PDF] Synechodontiform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica

S Klug, J Kriwet, JM Lirio, HJ Nuñez - Mesozoic fishes, 2008 - researchgate.net
Abstract The taxonomy of Upper Cretaceous synechodontiform sharks from the James Ross
Basin, northern Antarctica, is reviewed. All material is from the Santa Marta Formation (late …

A sand tiger shark–dominated fauna from the Eocene Arctic greenhouse

A Padilla, JJ Eberle, MD Gottfried… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We describe a new shark fauna from Canada's westernmost Arctic island, Banks Island,
Northwest Territories, based upon thousands of shark teeth recovered from lower–middle …

Phylogenetic placement and description of an extinct genus and species of kitefin shark based on tooth fossils (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae)

J Pollerspöck, N Straube - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we describe a new kitefin shark (Dalatiidae) genus and species Dracipinna
bracheri gen. et sp. nov. based on upper Oligocene and lower Miocene tooth fossils. The …

Development of understanding of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic chondrichthyan fossil record

C Underwood, D Ward, G Guinot - Geological Society, London …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Fossils of post-Palaeozoic sharks and rays are common and well known, and have been
extensively studied. Early studies, especially the monographic works of Agassiz and Smith …

First Mesozoic Gondwanan record of a sawshark (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

MD Gottfried, JA Rabarison - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
The sawsharks (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes, Pristiophoridae) are a small but
distinctive neoselachian order, characterized by an elongate, dorsoventrally compressed …