An eocene articulated polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the La Meseta Formation, Antarctica and the stratigraphy of the fossil-bearing strata

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Lopez Cabrera O., Maria Isabel, Olivero, Eduardo Bernardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Antarctica; Polyplacophora; Eocene; La Meseta Formation; Taphonomy; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Austral; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Lopez; Olivero; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/128937

An exceptionally well-preserved specimen of Leptochiton sp. attached to a brachiopod valve is described from the early Eocene beds of the La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island. It records the first fossil Polyplacophora from Antarctica. The small specimen has eight imbricating valves, rounded lateral...