Paleoenvironmental significance of a new species of freshwater sponge from the Late Miocene Quillagua Formation (N Chile)

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 847-852

  Pisera, A ^a   Saez A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Freshwater sponges; Heavy metals and hydrothermal activity; Lacustrine; Malformations; Miocene; Systematics

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ATACAMA; CHILE;

EPHYDATIA; EPHYDATIA CHILEANA;

EID: 0038709267     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(03)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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