First Polychelidae (Crustacea, Palinura) from the Jurassic of Antarctica

A new fossil genus of decapod Crustacea, belonging to the family Polychelidae is described from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The specimen was obtained from a block of reworked Jurassic tuffaceous black shale belonging to the Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Koti...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Aguirre-Urreta, M.B., Buatois, L.A., Chernoglasov, G.Ch.B., Medina, F.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Ross Island
Nordenskjöld
Kotick
Kotick Point
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
James Ross Island
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102090000207
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102090000207
Description
Summary:A new fossil genus of decapod Crustacea, belonging to the family Polychelidae is described from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The specimen was obtained from a block of reworked Jurassic tuffaceous black shale belonging to the Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Kotick Point Formation. This is the first report of fossil Polychelidae in the Southern Hemisphere.

Similar Items