Evidence and cause of small size in Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) marine bivalves of North-Western Europe

Palaeontology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 605-624

  Johnson, Andrew L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; JURASSIC; MOLLUSC;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0033180561     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00088     Document Type: Article

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