Mass occurrence of hokkaidoconchid gastropods in the Upper Jurassic methane seep carbonate from Alexander Island

Abstract: The Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) methane seep carbonate of the Gateway Pass Limestone Bed (Alexander Island, Antarctica) yields enormous numbers of the minute gastropod mollusc, Hokkaidoconcha hignalli sp. nov. together with an unidentified limpet gastropod and occasional protobranch and luc...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Kaim, Simon R. A. Kelly
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Key words
Antarctic Peninsula
cold seep
Hokkaidoconchidae
mollusc
Tithonian
Alexander Island
Antarctic
Gateway Pass
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.598.7159
http://www.paleo.pan.pl/people/Kaim/Publications/Kaim-Kelly-2009.pdf

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