Fossil mollusk association from Isabela Island (Galápagos, Ecuador)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 277-281

  Bianucci, Giovanni ^a   Cantalamessa, Gino ^b,d   Landini, Walter ^a   Ragaini, Luca ^a   Valleri, Gigliola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gal pagos; Isabela Island; Mollusks; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ARTHROPODA; ECHINOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; THORACICA;

INVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSCA; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 0031403270     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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