Acritarchs and microfossils from the Mesoproterozoic Bangemall Group, northwestern Australia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 744-764

  Buick, Roger ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACRITARCHA; ANIMALIA; CRASSICORIUM; EOSYNECHOCOCCUS; EUKARYOTA; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; MYXOCOCCOIDES; PALAEOPLEUROCAPSA; PROKARYOTA; PTEROSPERMOPSIMORPHA; SATKA; SHPAEROPHYCUS; SIPHONOPHYCUS; SIPHONOPHYCUS PUNCTATUM;

EID: 0033395126     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000040634     Document Type: Article

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