Occurrence and palaeoecology of Cenomanian to Turonian ostracods from Ashaka (NE Nigeria)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 133-149

  Gebhardt, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OSTRACOD; OXYGENATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSALINITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NIGERIA;

ASCALAPHA; BAIRDIA SP.; CYTHEREIS; CYTHERELLA; OSTRACODA; OVOCYTHERIDEA; PARACYPRIS;

EID: 0000798241     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/211/1999/133     Document Type: Article

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