Taxonomic stabilisation of dinoflagellate cyst taxa, as exemplified by two morphologically complex Early Cretaceous species

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 351-366

  Harding, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GARDODINIUM TRABECULOSUM; MORPHOLOGY; NELCHINOPSIS KOSTROMIENSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0029768964     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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