Linings of agglutinated foraminifera from the Devonian: Taxonomic and biostratigraphic implications

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-43

  Bell, K N ^a   Winchester Seeto, T M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FORAMINIFERA; NEW SPECIES;

AUSTRALIA; FRANCE; PAKISTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ENTOVALVA; FORAMINIFERA; HEMISPHAERAMMINA; PSAMMOSPHAERA; SACCAMMINA; THURAMMINA;

EID: 0032725234     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.18.1.27     Document Type: Article

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