The so-called 'cosmopolitan palaeobiogeographic distribution' of Tertiary Nautilida of the genus Aturia Bronn 1838: The result of post-mortem transport by oceanic palaeocurrents

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-77

  Chirat, Régis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cephalopoda; Nautiloidea; Palaeogeography; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; TAPHONOMY; TERTIARY;

EID: 0034653574     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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