A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

Quaglio, Fernanda; Whittle, Rowan Jane; Gazdzicki, Andrzej; Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes

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Title:

A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

Author(s):

Institution:

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
British Antarctic Survey
Inst Paleobiol PAN
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

ISSN:

0138-0338

Sponsorship:

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Natural Environment Research Council

Abstract:

Adamussium Jonkersi sp nov is described from the Late Oligocene Destruction Bay Formation Wrona Buttress area King George Island (South Shetlands) West Antarctica The unit characterized by volcanic sandstone is a shallow marine( succession deposited in a moderate- to high-energy environment The thin shelled pectinids collected from the lower part of the unit are preserved mostly as complete valves Shell thickness sculpture pattern and umbonal angle suggest a free-living inactive swimming life habit

Issue Date:

1-Jan-2010

Citation:

Polish Polar Research. Warsaw: Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research, v. 31, n. 4, p. 291-302, 2010.

Time Duration:

291-302

Publisher:

Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research

Keywords:

Antarctica
Adamussium
Pectinidae
Destruction Bay Formation
Oligocene

Source:

http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0

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Access Rights:

Acesso aberto

Type:

outro

Source:

http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/19141

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