Escalation in Late Cretaceous-early Paleocene oysters (Gryphaeidae) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Paleobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-237

  Dietl, Gregory P ^a,d   Alexander, Richard R ^b   Bien, Walter F ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; OYSTER CULTURE; PALEOCENE;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EXOGYRINAE; GRYPHAEA; GRYPHAEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0033929099     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2000)026<0215:EILCEP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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