Eocene relatives of cod icefishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) from Seymour Island, Antarctica

Małgorzata  Bieńkowska-Wasiluk; Niels Christensøn Bonde; Peter Rask Møller; Andrzej Gaździcki

doi:10.7306/gq.1112

Eocene relatives of cod icefishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) from Seymour Island, Antarctica

Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Wasiluk, Niels Christensøn Bonde, Peter Rask Møller, Andrzej Gaździcki

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Fragmentary skull bones and vertebra from the Upper Eocene La Meseta Formation on Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Pen i nsula have been described as gadiform fishes, informally named "Mesetaichthys". Here we describe jaws as Mesetaichthys jerzmanskae n. gen. and n. sp., and refer this taxon to the perciform suborder Notothenioidei. This group is almost unknown as fossils. Similarities to the living, "primitive" nototheniid Dissostichus eleginoides are indicated in the dentition. Gadiform evolution in the Paleocene-Eocene is discussed, and the possibility of a correlation between the origin and evolution of notothenioids in connection with the deterioration of the climate in Antarctica during the Late Eocene-Oligocene is concluded.

Original language	English
Journal	Geological Quarterly
Volume	57
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	567–582
Number of pages	16
ISSN	1641-7291
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1112
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 2013

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Eocene relatives of cod icefishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) from Seymour Island, Antarctica

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