The Late Cretaceous ammonite genus Libycoceras in the Iullemmeden Basin (West Africa) and its palaeogeographical significance

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-79

  Zaborski, Peter M ^a   Morris, Noel J ^b  

^a 2 Elm Bank Gardens ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Campanian; Dukamaje formation; Farin Doutchi formation; Iullemmeden Basin; Maastrichtian; Mali; Migration routes; Niger; Nigeria; Nkporo Shale; Transgressions

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; CRETACEOUS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; IULLEMMEDEN BASIN;

LIBYCOCERAS CROSSENSE;

EID: 0033083927     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1998.0135     Document Type: Article

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