A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

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...

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Autores: Quaglio, Fernanda, Whittle, Rowan Jane, Gazdzicki, Andrzej, Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/19141
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/19141
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antarctica
Adamussium
Pectinidae
Destruction Bay Formation
Oligocene
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Sumario: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