Phylogeny of the Eocene Antarctic Tapetinae Gray, 1851 (Bivalvia, Veneridae) from the la Meseta and Submeseta formations

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Alvarez, Maximiliano Jorge, del Río, Claudia Julia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Paleontological Society
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; TAPETINAE; EOCENE; SYSTEMATIC; PHYLOGENY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Alvarez; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentino; Austral; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135630

Systematic analysis shows that the Southern Hemisphere bivalve genus Retrotapes includes the Antarctic species R. antarcticus, R. newtoni, and R. robustus and recognizes for the first time the presence of Katelysia represented by K. florentinoi. Two new genera were erected in this study: Marciachlys...