A new sediment-dwelling pholadid bivalve from Oligocene glaciomarine sediments of King George Island, West Antarctica

• Published in: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Main Authors: Krzysztof Hryniewicz, Andrzej Gaździcki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016
• Subjects: Bivalvia; Pholadoidea; Pholadidea; ecology; glaciomarine; palaeobiogeography; Oligocene; Antarctica; Fossil man. Human paleontology; GN282-286.7; Paleontology; QE701-760; Patagonia; King George Island; West Antarctica; Pacific; New Zealand; Polonez Cove; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00255.2016; https://doaj.org/article/fa16d29fa42c463ab6a666bded48b6c8

We present a re-description of the pholadid bivalve from the Oligocene Polonez Cove Formation, King George Island, West Antarctica, previously identified as Penitella sp. The study is based on a collection of 210 specimens, preserved exclusively in life position in flask-shaped Gastrochaenolites typ...