Call number:
ZSP-164-24
In:
Scientific reports
Description / Table of Contents:
Recent collections of decapod crustaceans and serpulid worms from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island have facilitated the re-description of three species previously recorded from the area and have contributed four new species. The decapods include Hoploparia stokesi (Weller), Meyeria crofti sp. nov. and Callianassa meridionalis sp. nov., and the serpluids Rotularia callosa (Stoliczka), Rotularia shackletoni (Wilckens), Rotularia dorsolaevis sp. nov. and Ditrupa varicosa sp. nov. The diagnosis of the subfamily Homarinae Mertin, 1941 is amended and observations are made on the taxonomic position and stratigraphical range of the genus Meyeria. In addition, the structure of the tube-wall of the genera Rotularia Defrance, 1827 and Ditrupa Berkeley, 1832-34, and their stratigraphical range are discussed. The age of the fauna is shown by associated ammonites to be of Lower to Middle Campanian age.
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
30 S., 7 Bl. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Series Statement:
Scientific reports / Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 24
URL:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/publications/scientific_reports/index.php
Branch Library:
AWI Library
