Over the last few decades, numerous geological studies have been carried out in the South
Shetland Islands, which have greatly contributed to a better understanding of its geological …

R etrotapes andrillorum sp. nov., H iatella cf. arctica (L innaeus, 1767),? Y oldia sp.(internal
mould) and six taxa of P ectinidae are reported from the B urdigalian section of the ANDRILL …

New identifications are listed of Antarctic Paleogene molluscan faunas (López de Bertodano
and Sobral Formations, Seymour Island, Paleocene; La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island …

Abstract Aim The Late Cenozoic flourishing of polar marine ecosystems, just when
temperatures were reaching their lowest levels, has always seemed anomalous. Such an …

Barco, A., Schiaparelli, S., Houart, R. & Oliverio, M.(2012). Cenozoic evolution of Muricidae
(Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in the Southern Ocean, with the description of a new subfamily …

King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula) is renowned for its
terrestrial palaeoenvironmental record, which includes evidence for potentially up to four …

Sea ice is fundamental to global climate and its multiannual persistence or seasonal
absence shapes Antarctic marine ecosystems. With sea ice in rapid decline in the Southern …

Shell beds, or coquinas, have a complex origin, limiting their utility in paleoecology.
However, such accumulations can serve as crucial paleoenvironmental indicators, since …

Adamussium jonkersi sp. nov. is described from the Late Oligocene Destruc− tion Bay
Formation, Wrona Buttress area, King George Island (South Shetlands), West Antarctica …

Two species of scallop, Austrochlamys natans (“Ostión del Sur”) and Zygochlamys
patagonica (“Ostión patagonico”) are presently exploited in the southern part of the …