“…Research in Antarctica has been increasing worldwide with constant investment and collaboration among researchers from different countries (e.g., Sampaio 2022), resulting in projects with increasing complexity (e.g., Simões et al 2022). Despite the several challenges to developing studies in this region, there has been a steady increase of scientific activity in the area (e.g., Kellner 2022, Santos et al 2022, which includes the search for fossil vertebrates (e.g., Reguero et al 2022), including extinct birds. serpulid worms and molluscans (e.g., Olivero et al 1986, Crame & Luther 1997, Olivero 2012a, Raffi et al 2019), crustaceans (Pinheiro et al 2020), chondrichthyans (e.g., Otero et al 2014), osteichthyans (e.g., Richter & Ward 1990, plesiosaurs (e.g., Chatterjee & Small 1989, Kellner et al 2011, O'Gorman 2012, O'Gorman et al 2019, Brum et al 2022, mosasaurs (Martin et al 2002, Novas et al 2002a, Martin 2006, pterosaurs (Kellner et al 2019), and avian and non-avian dinosaurs (Chatterjee 1989, Noriega & Tambussi 1995, Case & Tambussi 1999, Case et al 2000, Case 2001, Cordes 2001, Novas et al 2002b, Clarke et al 2005, Chatterjee et al 2006, Tambussi & Acosta Hospitaleche 2007, Reguero et al 2013, Roberts et al 2014, Brum et al 2023.…”