The fossil record of Diadema in the Caribbean

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-605

  Donovan, Stephen K ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cenozoic; Diadema antillarum; Fossil record; Jamaica; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; FOSSIL RECORD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 28444491807     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0032-2     Document Type: Article

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