Actaeonella (Gastropoda) from the Simsima Formation (Maastrichtian), United Arab Emirates

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 8, 1997, Pages 500-510

  Mustafa, H ^a,b   Hamdan, A R ^a,b  

^a Hashemite University ^*

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIACIAN; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0042802755     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1997/1997/500     Document Type: Article

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