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A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

Fernanda Quaglio1 / Rowan Whittle1 / Andrzej Gaździcki1 / Marcello Simões1

Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo USP, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 05508-0801

British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, High Cross, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom2

Instytut Paleobiologii PAN, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland3

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Júnior s/n, CEP 18618-000, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil4

Citation Information: Polish Polar Research. Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 291–302, ISSN (Online) 2081-8262, ISSN (Print) 0138-0338, DOI: 10.2478/v10183-010-0006-0, November 2010

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2010-11-25

A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

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.

Keywords: Antarctica; Adamussium; Pectinidae; Destruction Bay Formation; Oligocene

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