Invertebrates from the Low Head Member (Polonez Cove Formation, Oligocene) at Vaureal Peak, King George Island, West Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Quaglio, Fernanda, Anelli, Luiz E., Santos, Paulo R. dos, Perinott, José Alexandre de Jesus, Rocha-Campos, Antonio C.
• Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2008
• Subjects: bivalves; brachiopods; Bryozoa; Echinoidea; Palaeogene; Pectinidae; Polychaeta; taxonomy; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; King George Island; Low Head; Polonez Cove; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/42536; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102007000867

Eight taxa of marine invertebrates, including two new bivalve species, are described from the Low Head Member of the Polonez Cove Formation (latest early Oligocene) cropping out in the Vaureal Peak area, King George Island, West Antarctica. The fossil assemblage includes representatives of Brachiopo...