The (truly) first fossil freshwater molluscs from Antarctica

• Published in: PalZ
• Main Authors: Martínez, Sergio, Scasso, Roberto Adrian, Elgorriaga, Andres, Capelli, Ignacio Andrés, del Valle, Rodolfo, Puerta, Pablo, Lirio, Juan Manuel, Rodriguez Amenabar, Cecilia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Heidelberg
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; BIVALVIA; JURASSIC; MOUNT FLORA; UNIONIDA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; Uruguay; Gunnar; Martínez; Hope Bay; Mount Flora; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97386

New collection work in Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, has confirmed the presence of bivalve moulds in the Jurassic Mount Flora Formation. In contrast to a twenty-first century article claiming to report the first discovery of fossil freshwater molluscs in Antarctica, evidence of these m...