An almost complete specimen of the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) octocoral 'Isis' ramosa Voigt (Gorgonacea) from the Lower Saxony Basin, northwest Germany

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Helm, C ^a   Schulke I ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campanian; Gorgonacea; Late Cretaceous; Northwestern Germany; Octocorallia

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CORAL; CRETACEOUS;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY BASIN;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; ISIDIDAE; OCTOCORALLIA; PACHYDISCUS;

EID: 0042328159     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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