First Polychelidae (Crustacea, Palinura) from the Jurassic of Antarctica

A new fossil genus of decapod Crustacea, belonging to the family Polychelidae is described from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The specimen was obtained from a block of reworked Jurassic tuffaceous black shale belonging to the Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Koti...

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Published in:Antarctic science 1990-06, Vol.2 (2), p.157-162
Main Authors: Aguirre-Urreta, M.B., Buatois, L.A., Chernoglasov, G.Ch.B., Medina, F.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Invertebrate paleontology
Paleontology
Papers—Earth Sciences and Glaciology
Stratigraphy
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Summary:A new fossil genus of decapod Crustacea, belonging to the family Polychelidae is described from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The specimen was obtained from a block of reworked Jurassic tuffaceous black shale belonging to the Ameghino (= Nordenskjöld) Formation in the Lower Cretaceous Kotick Point Formation. This is the first report of fossil Polychelidae in the Southern Hemisphere.
ISSN:0954-1020
1365-2079
DOI:10.1017/S0954102090000207