Buoyancy calculations and ecology of Callovian (Jurassic) cylindroteuthid belemnites

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-112

  Hewitt, Roger A ^a   Westermann, Gerd E G ^a   Judd, Ross L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BELEMNITE; BUOYANCY; CALLOVIAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION;

BACTRITOIDEA; BELEMNOIDEA; CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0003144894     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/211/1999/89     Document Type: Article

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