Eocene ostracode faunas from the Negev, southern Israel: Taxonomy, stratigraphy and paleobiogeography

Micropaleontology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-389

  Honigstein, A ^a   Rosenfeld, A ^b   Benjamin, C ^c  

^a Oil and Gas section   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; OSTRACODE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ISRAEL;

ECHINOCYTHEREIS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1; KRITHE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0344873344     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/48.4.365     Document Type: Article

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