Preliminary study of the benthic foraminifera of the San Francisco de Paula Section (Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene), Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 43-56

  Fluegeman Jr , Richard H ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

CUBA;

ANGULOGAVELINELLA AVNIMELECHI; FORAMINIFERA; HANZAWAIA; OSANGULARIA;

EID: 0343528014     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486104     Document Type: Article

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