Diverse fossil amoebae in German Mesozoic amber

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-197

  Schmidt, Alexander R ^a   Schönborn, Wilfried ^a   Schäfer, Ursula ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amber; Amoebae; Cretaceous; Evolution; Fossil micro organisms; Testacea

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MESOZOIC; MICROORGANISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CENTROPYXIS; CENTROPYXIS DELICATULA; CENTROPYXIS HIRSUTA; GYMNAMOEBIA; PHRYGANELLA; PHRYGANELLA ACROPODIA; PHRYGANELLA PARADOXA; RHIZOPODA; TESTACEA; TESTACEALOBOSIA;

EID: 1942504278     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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