A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Natural Environment Research Council 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 volca...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/19141 https://doi.org/10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0 |
Summary: | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Natural Environment Research Council 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 |
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