Fossil protists and fungi in amber and rock substrates

Micropaleontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-72

  Ascaso, Carmen ^a   Wierzchos, Jacek ^b   Speranza, Mariela ^c   Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos ^d   González, Ana Martín ^d   de los Ríos, Asuncion ^a   Alonso, Jesús ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FUNGUS; PROTIST;

ALGAE; ASTASIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COLPODIDAE; EUGLENA; FUNGI; LIMAX; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MICROBIOTA; PARAMECIUM; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOPLATYOPHRYA NANA; TREBOUXIA;

EID: 20444485690     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.1.59     Document Type: Article

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