Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica
Macrofossils discovered in the Battye Glacier Formation (Pagodroma Group) of the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica, provide important insight into marine life of the mid-Tertiary, rarely preserved elsewhere on the continent. Recorded are five species of macroinvertebrates; these are Adamussi...
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ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:13467 2023-09-05T13:13:41+02:00 Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica Stilwell, J.D. Harwood, D.M. Whitehead, J.M. 2002 application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/13467/1/13467_Stilwell_et_al_2002.pdf unknown Cambridge University Press http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000597 https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/13467/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/13467/1/13467_Stilwell_et_al_2002.pdf Stilwell, J.D., Harwood, D.M., and Whitehead, J.M. (2002) Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 14 (1). pp. 69-73. restricted Article PeerReviewed 2002 ftjamescook https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000597 2023-08-22T19:53:42Z Macrofossils discovered in the Battye Glacier Formation (Pagodroma Group) of the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica, provide important insight into marine life of the mid-Tertiary, rarely preserved elsewhere on the continent. Recorded are five species of macroinvertebrates; these are Adamussium n. sp.? cf.colbecki (Smith, 1902) (Bivalvia), Laternula? sp. (Laternulidae), Mytilidae genus and species indeterminate (Bivalvia), Bivalvia genus and species indeterminate, and Polychaeta genus and species indeterminate. Based on stratigraphcal data and faunal composition, the clasts are dated as no younger than Early Miocene. This is one of the oldest reports of Adamussium from Antarctica, previously known from the Late Pliocene to Recent with a possible record in the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene. Palaeoecological data and facies analysis indicate that these taxa inhabited a shallow- to mid-shelf marine environment of normal salinity that was oligotrophic. The substrate was a soft, pebbly and sandy bottom that was sufficiently mobile to sponsor deep burrowing forms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica Battye Glacier East Antarctica Prince Charles Mountains James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU Battye Glacier ENVELOPE(67.900,67.900,-70.867,-70.867) East Antarctica Prince Charles Mountains ENVELOPE(67.246,67.246,-71.427,-71.427) Antarctic Science 14 1 69 73 |
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Macrofossils discovered in the Battye Glacier Formation (Pagodroma Group) of the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica, provide important insight into marine life of the mid-Tertiary, rarely preserved elsewhere on the continent. Recorded are five species of macroinvertebrates; these are Adamussium n. sp.? cf.colbecki (Smith, 1902) (Bivalvia), Laternula? sp. (Laternulidae), Mytilidae genus and species indeterminate (Bivalvia), Bivalvia genus and species indeterminate, and Polychaeta genus and species indeterminate. Based on stratigraphcal data and faunal composition, the clasts are dated as no younger than Early Miocene. This is one of the oldest reports of Adamussium from Antarctica, previously known from the Late Pliocene to Recent with a possible record in the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene. Palaeoecological data and facies analysis indicate that these taxa inhabited a shallow- to mid-shelf marine environment of normal salinity that was oligotrophic. The substrate was a soft, pebbly and sandy bottom that was sufficiently mobile to sponsor deep burrowing forms. |
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Stilwell, J.D. Harwood, D.M. Whitehead, J.M. Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica |
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Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica |
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Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica |
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Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica |
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Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica |
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Mid-Tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the Battye Glacier Formation, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica |
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mid-tertiary macroinvertebrate-rich clasts from the battye glacier formation, prince charles mountains, east antarctica |
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