Early Aptian ammonites from the top of the Maiolica and the anoxic "Selli level" (Lombardy, Southern Alps)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-45

  Landra, Giovanni ^a,c   Cecca, Fabrizio ^a,c   Vasicek, Zdenek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Department of Geology and Mineralogy Mining University ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea, systematics; Aptian; Biostratigraphy; Cretaceous; Northern italy; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; APTIAN; BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS;

ITALY;

AMMONITES;

EID: 0034009067     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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