Paleobiology of two new species of the bivalve Anomia from Colombia and Venezuela and the importance of the genus in recognition of the base of the Turonian

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 607-632

  Villamil, Tomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Sedimentology and Stratigraphy   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomiids; Early Turonian; New species; Northern South America

Indexed keywords

ANOMIA; ANOMIIDAE; BIVALVIA;

ANOMIA; ANOMIID; BIVALVE; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; TURONIAN;

COLOMBIA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030439298     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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