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

• 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

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.