First polychelidae (crustacea, palinura) from the jurassic of antarctica

A new fossil genus of decapod Crustacea, belonging to the family Polychelidae is described from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The specimen was obtained from a block of reworked Jurassic tuffaceous black shale belonging to the Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Koti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aguirre–Urreta, M.B., Chernoglasov, G.C.B., Buatois, L.A., Medina, F.A.
Format: Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Antarcticheles gen. nov
James Ross Island
Palaeoecology
Systematics
crustacean
Jurassic
Palinura
Polychelidae
Antarctica
Crustacea
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Ross Island
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09541020_v2_n2_p157_Aguirre-Urreta
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Summary:A new fossil genus of decapod Crustacea, belonging to the family Polychelidae is described from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The specimen was obtained from a block of reworked Jurassic tuffaceous black shale belonging to the Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Kotick Point Formation. This is the first report of fossil Polychelidae in the Southern Hemisphere. © 1990, Antarctic Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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