Some considerations on acritarch classification

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 9-22

  Servais, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; CLASSIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030251245     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00117-4     Document Type: Article

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