A low oxygen tolerant East Pacific flat clam (Posidonotis semiplicata) from the lower Jurassic of the Canadian Cordillera

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 993-1006

  Aberhan, M ^a   Palfy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FLAT CLAM; JURASSIC; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOECOLOGY; POSIDONOTIS SEMIPLICATA;

CANADA, CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0030449762     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-075     Document Type: Article

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