The Ordovician acritarchs Frankea breviuscula, F. longiuscula, and F. sartbernardensis: A new study

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 343-358

  Vecoli, Marco ^a,b   Tongiorgi, Marco ^c   Playford, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biostratigraphy; Ordovician; Statistical analysis; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

FRANKEA BREVIUSCULA; FRANKEA LONGIUSCULA; FRANKEA SARTBERNARDENSIS;

EID: 0033497832     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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