Austrochlamys heardensis (Fleming, 1957) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Central Kerguelen Plateau, Indian Ocean: palaeontology and possible tectonic significance

• Main Authors: Quilty, P. G., Murray-Wallace, C. V., Whitehead, J. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Online 2004
• Subjects: amino acid dating; bivalve; diatoms; Neogene; Pectinidae; tectonics; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Cockburn; Cockburn Island; Heard Island; Îles Kerguelen; Indian; Kerguelen
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/52; https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=scipapers

Austrochlamys heardensis (Fleming) is recorded from a boulder of Late Pliocene (3.62–2.5 Ma) volcaniclastic sandstone dredged 70 km east-north-east of Heard Island, the third record of the species. The collection is much larger than the original described by Fleming and includes left valves which ar...