Paleocene-Lower Eocene ostracodes from El Quss Abu Said Plateau (Farafra Oasis), Western Desert, Egypt

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 257, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 27-84

  Bassiouni, Mohamed A A ^a   Morsi, Abdel Mohsen M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Farafra; Lower Eocene; Ostracoda; Upper Paleocene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEW SPECIES; OSTRACOD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY;

EGYPT; FARAFRA OASIS; NEW VALLEY; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 0005469685     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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