Socotraina, a new hauraniid genus from the upper Lias of the Middle East (Foraminifera, Textulariina)

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Banner, Fred T ^a,b   Whittaker, John E ^b   Boudagher Fadel, Marcelle K ^a   Samuel, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Gas Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Liassic (Toarrian); Middle east; Socotraina n.gen; Systematics

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; SOCOTRA; TEXTULARIIDA;

FORAMINIFERA; HAURANIID; JURASSIC; SOCOTRAINA; TOARCIAN;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN, SOCOTRA ISLAND;

EID: 0031443938     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-1598(97)90514-6     Document Type: Article

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