Cenozoic and Cretaceous ichthyoliths from the Tofino Basin and western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Johns, Marjorie J ^a   Barnes, Christopher R ^b   Narayan, Y Roshni ^b  

^a Pacific PaleoQuest   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; British Columbia; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; Dermal denticles; Fish teeth; Ichthyoliths; Tofino Basin; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; LAMNIDAE; RAJIDAE; SCYLIORHINIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 27744521955     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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