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Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei)

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  • 1. Ahrensburger Weg 103, D-22359 Hamburg, Germany; & Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
  • 2. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, P.O. Box 5007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden;
  • 3. University of Vienna, Department of Palaeontology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
  • 4. Museo de La Plata, DivisiońPaleontoloǵıa de Vertebrados, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA La Plata, Argentina

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Schwarzhans, Werner, Mors, Thomas, Engelbrecht, Andrea, Reguero, Marcelo, Kriwet, Jurgen (2017): Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 (2): 147-170, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958

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