A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

• 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

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)