Wrona Buttress area, Bay Fm (Oligocene of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (62.0° S, 57.7° W: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 58.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bay Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Quaglio, R. J. Whittle, A. Gazdzicki and M. G. Simoes. 2010. A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica. Polish polar research 31(4):291-302 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181516: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.09.2016
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Adamussium jonkersi Quaglio et al. 2010 scallop |