Ammonite ecology in Late Jurassic time in northern Switzerland

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-137

  Gygi, Reinhart A ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Fossilization; Late Jurassic; Paleoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; JURASSIC; PALEOECOLOGY;

SWITZERLAND;

AMMONOIDEA; ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPODA; MICROSOLENIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0032754913     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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