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Note on the preservation of a limpet in living position from the Late Cretaceous, Seymour Island, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

William J. Zinsmeister
William J. Zinsmeister*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Although limpets are fairly common in shelly deposits, there are no reports of limpets preserved in the living position from the fossil record. The life style of capped-shaped limpet gastropods almost precludes preservation in a living position. Herbivorous alga-feeding limpets live attached to a firm surface. The surfaces of attachment vary widely from rocky surfaces, shells, or seaweed. Upon death the shells become detached and are incorporated in the nearby sediments or are transported to a site of final deposition.

Type
Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 64 , Issue 3 , May 1990 , pp. 477 - 478
Copyright
Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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References

Zinsmeister, W. J., and Macellari, C. E. 1988. Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, p. 253–284. In Feldmann, R. M. and Woodburne, M. O. (eds.), Geology and Paleontology of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Memoir 169.CrossRefGoogle Scholar