Middle to upper Miocene Geonettia clineae, an opportunistic coastal embayment dinoflagellate of the Homotryblium complex

Micropaleontology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-284

  De Verteuil, Laurent ^a,b   Norris, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PETROTRIN Ltd   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYCEAE; PYRODINIUM; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE;

COASTAL EMBAYMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GEONETTIA CLINEAE; HOMOTRYBLIUM; MIOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

USA, MARYLAND;

EID: 0030440368     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1485875     Document Type: Article

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