First find of the Upper Tithonian ammonite genus Blanfordiceras from the Miers Bluff Formation, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 6, 2002, Pages 377-384

  Pimpirev, Christo ^a   Ivanov, Marin ^a   Dimov, Dimo ^a   Nikolov, Todor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; NEW RECORD; TITHONIAN;

ANTARCTICA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AMMONOIDEA; BLANFORDICERAS WALLICHI; TITHONIA;

EID: 0042812179     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/377     Document Type: Article

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