A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

作者:Quaglio Fernanda*; Whittle Rowan Jane; Gazdzicki Andrzej; Simoes Marcello Guimaraes
来源:Polish Polar Research, 2010, 31(4): 291-302.
DOI:10.2478/v10183.010.0006.0

摘要

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

  • 出版日期2010
  • 单位British Antarctic Survey