The rhodolith pavement of the Punta Guitja section, Lampedusa Formation (Upper Miocene - Island of Lampedusa, Pelagian Block). Preliminary note

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-416

  Fravega, Patrizia ^a   Giammarino, Stani ^a   Piazza, Michele ^a   Vannucci, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coralline algae (Rhodophyta); Lampedusa Formation; Paleoecology; Rhodolith pavement; Upper Miocene

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; BRASSICA; FLOREA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; LITHOPORELLA; LITHOTHAMNION; PELAGIA; RHODOPHYTA; SPONGITES; TITANODERMA; TORTONIA;

ALGAE; MIOCENE; RHODOLITH PAVEMENT; RHODOPHYTA;

ITALY;

EID: 0031400687     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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