Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei) Author Schwarzhans, Werner Ahrensburger Weg 103, D- 22359 Hamburg, Germany; & Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Author Mors, Thomas Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, P. O. Box 5007, SE- 10405 Stockholm, Sweden; Author Engelbrecht, Andrea University of Vienna, Department of Palaeontology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Author Reguero, Marcelo Museo de La Plata, Division ́ Paleontolog ́ ıa de Vertebrados, Paseo del Bosque s / n, B 1900 FWA La Plata, Argentina Author Kriwet, Jurgen University of Vienna, Department of Palaeontology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; text Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2017 2016-03-16 15 2 147 170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958 journal article 292121 10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958 5003ee80-9e37-41f9-b784-ff512ddbd531 1478-0941 PMC5221741 28077930 10883098 A30E5364-0003-4467-B902-43A41AD456CC

Table 1. Comparison of skeletal remains and otoliths obtained from the La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctica.

Skeletal remains		Otoliths
Clupeiformes — Clupeidae
Marambionella andreae
Argentiniformes — Argentinidae
Gadiformes — Macrouridae Macrouridae indet. (skull) Coelorinchus balushkini Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi Coelorinchus sp.
		Argentina antarctica
Aulopiformes — Paraulopidae
		Paraulopus sp.
Myctophiformes — Myctophidae
		Diaphus? marambionis
Gadiformes — Moridae
		Tripterophycis immutatus
	Gadiformes — Merlucciidae
Merlucciidae indet. (skull) ‡ Merlucciidae indet. (jaw) ‡‡		Macruronus eastmani
Gadiformes indet. (scales)
Gadiformes — Gadidae
		Palimphemus seymourensis