Upper Maastrichtian ammonites and nannofossils and a Palaeocene nautiloid from Richards Bay, Kwa Zulu, South Africa

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-291

  Klinger, Herbert C ^a   Kennedy, William J ^b   Lees, Jackie A ^c   Kitto, Stephen ^d  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Cretaceous; Maastrichtian; Nannofossils; Nautiloids; Palaeocene; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOZONATION; CEPHALOPOD; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AMMONOIDEA; ANAGAUDRYCERAS POLITISSIMUM; BACULITES AMBATRYENSIS; DESMOPHYLLITES DIPHYLLOIDES; DIPLOMOCERAS CYLINDRACEUM; EUBACULITES CARINATUS; EUBACULITES LATECARINATUS; HERCOGLOSSA MADAGASCARIENSIS; MENUITES FRESVILLENSIS; NAUTILOIDEA; PACHYDISCUS AUSTRALIS; PSEUDOPHYLLITES INDRA;

EID: 0141886040     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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