Phymatoderma melvillensis isp. nov. and other trace fossils from the Cape Melville Formation (Lower Miocene) of King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Uchman, Alfred, Gaździcki, Andrzej
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; King George Island; Cape Melville Formation; ichnofossils; Miocene; glacio-marine strata; West Antarctica; Cape Melville; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/73367; https://doi.org/10.4202/ppres.2010.06; http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr31/PPR31-083.pdf; https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/31/1/article-p83.xml

Trace fossils Phymatoderma melvillensis isp. nov., Thalassinoides isp., ?Nereites isp. and Planolites isp. are reported from the glacio-marine sediments of the Cape Melville Formation (Lower Miocene) of King George Island, West Antarctica. Their occurrence and strong bioturbation of sediments point to an offshore or deeper (outer shelf or upper slope) environment. Deep marine crab Antarctidromia inflata Förster, 1985, has been found in Thalassinoidesisp. The tracemaker (?crustacean) of Phymatoderma melvillensisre-reworked pelletal sediments probably during times of food deficiency