Stratigraphic analysis of upper Cretaceous rocks in the Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar: Implications for ancient and modern faunas

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-301

  Rogers, Raymond R ^a   Hartman, Joseph H ^a,b   Krause, David W ^a,c  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; GONDWANA; STRATIGRAPHY; VERTEBRATE;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0033914785     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314403     Document Type: Article

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