Early Miocene bivalves from the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, West Antarctica

• Published in: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Anelli, L. E., Rocha-Campos, A. C., Dos Santos, P. R., Perinotto, José Alexandre de Jesus, Quaglio, F.
• Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society Australia Inc 2014
• Subjects: Early Miocene; bivalves; Cape Melville Formation; West Antarctica; Antarctic; Cape Melville; King George Island; Melville Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/34018; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/34018; https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510608619348

Seven species of marine bivalves, including six new taxa, are described from the Cape early Miocene Melville Formation which crops out on the Melville Peninsula, King George Island, West Antarctica. The bivalve assemblage includes representatives of the families Nuculidae, Ennucula frigida sp. nov.,...