A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica
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2010-01-01
Autores
Quaglio, Fernanda
Whittle, Rowan Jane
Gazdzicki, Andrzej
Simoes, Marcello Guimaraes [UNESP]
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Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research
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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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Antarctica, Adamussium, Pectinidae, Destruction Bay Formation, Oligocene
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Polish Polar Research. Warsaw: Polish Acad Sciences Committee Polar Research, v. 31, n. 4, p. 291-302, 2010.