Morphological adaptations of the late Mississippian problematic alga Calcifolium to fluctuating palaeoecologic environments

Lethaia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-363

  Cózar, Pedro ^a   Vachard, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Early Serpukhovian; Guadiato area; Mississippian; Palaeobiology; Palaeoecology; SW Spain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGA; MISSISSIPPIAN; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALGAE; FLABELLUM;

EID: 11144303562     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160410002063     Document Type: Article

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