Otro
A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica
Registro en:
Polish Polar Research. Warsaw: Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research, v. 31, n. 4, p. 291-302, 2010.
0138-0338
10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0
WOS:000285812600001
Autor
Quaglio, Fernanda
Whittle, Rowan Jane
Gazdzicki, Andrzej
Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes
Resumen
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)