A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

Adamussium Jonkersi sp nov is described from the Late Oligocene Destruction Bay Formation Wrona Buttress area King George Island (South Shetlands) West Antarctica The unit characterized by volcanic sandstone is a shallow marine( succession deposited in a moderate- to high-energy environment The thin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Quaglio, Fernanda, Whittle, Rowan Jane, Gazdzicki, Andrzej, Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes
Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research 2014
Subjects:
Antarctica
Adamussium
Pectinidae
Destruction Bay Formation
Oligocene
Buttress
Destruction Bay
King George Island
West Antarctica
Wrona Buttress
Antarc*
Polar Research
Online Access:http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/19141
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/19141
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0
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Summary:Adamussium Jonkersi sp nov is described from the Late Oligocene Destruction Bay Formation Wrona Buttress area King George Island (South Shetlands) West Antarctica The unit characterized by volcanic sandstone is a shallow marine( succession deposited in a moderate- to high-energy environment The thin shelled pectinids collected from the lower part of the unit are preserved mostly as complete valves Shell thickness sculpture pattern and umbonal angle suggest a free-living inactive swimming life habit Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

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