A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica


Autoria(s): Quaglio, Fernanda; Whittle, Rowan Jane; Gazdzicki, Andrzej; Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/01/2010

Resumo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

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

Formato

291-302

Identificador

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

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

0138-0338

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/19141

10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0

WOS:000285812600001

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research

Relação

Polish Polar Research

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Antarctica #Adamussium #Pectinidae #Destruction Bay Formation #Oligocene
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article