New Hettangian ammonite faunas and a Triassic Jurassic boundary succession, Fernie formation, Williston lake, British Columbia

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-60

  Hall, Russell ^a   Pitaru, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Biostratigraphy; British Columbia; Fernie Formation; Hettangian; Pardonet Formation; Rhaetian; Triassic Jurassic boundary

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WILLISTON LAKE;

AMMONOIDEA; FRIGGA; OXYGONIA; SCHLOTHEIMIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 2942674547     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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