Taxonomic composition and palaeobiogeographic significance of the acritarch assemblages from the Tremadoc-Arenig (Hunneberg, Billingen, and lower Volkhov Stages) of the Oslo Region;Composizione tassonomica e significato paleobiogeografico delle associazioni ad acritarchi del Tremadoc-Arenig (Hunneberg, Billingen e Volkhov inferiore) della Regione di Oslo

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-224

  Tongiorgi, Marco ^a   Bruton, David L ^b   Di Milia, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Billingen; Biostratigraphy; Hunneberg; Lower Volkhov; Norway; Ordovician; Oslo Region; Palaeogeography; Toyen and Huk formations

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; SCANDINAVIA;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 1542380562     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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