Small acritarchs from the Upper Cretaceous: Taxonomy, biological affinities and palaeoecology

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 199-235

  Schrank, Eckart ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Cretaceous; Dinoflagellates; Egypt; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EGYPT;

ACRITARCHA; BACILLIDINIUM PARTITUM; CLAVATICYSTIS FURCATUS; CLAVATICYSTIS SEPTATUS; CORONIS; CYMATIOSPHAERA; CYMATIOSPHAERA CORONIS; CYMATIOSPHAERA MURALIS; CYMATIOSPHAERA PARVIRUGOSA; CYMATIOSPHAERA POLYORNATA; CYMATIOSPHAERA TRIRADIATA; DINOFLAGELLATA; DINOPHYCEAE; FILISPHAERIDIUM PAUCIGRANULOSUM; MECSEKIA ACUTA; MECSEKIA ARIAKENSE; MECSEKIA CURVISPINA; MECSEKIA MINOR; MECSEKIA TRIANGULA; ODONTOTHRIX MULTIORNATUS; OPERCULITES BIGRANULATUS; POLYKRIKOS; RECTICYSTIS HEMISPINOSUS;

EID: 0037353215     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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