The Beothuka terranova (Radiolaria) assemblage and its importance for the understanding of early Ordovician radiolarian evolution

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 711-721

  Maletz, Jorg ^a   Bruton, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Evolution; Ordovician; Radiolarians; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

EARLY ORDOVICIAN; EVOLUTION; FAUNAL CHANGE; LOWER ORDOVICIAN; ORDOVICIAN; RADIOLARIAN FAUNAS; RADIOLARIANS; SPITSBERGEN;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; RADIOLARIA;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS); TERRANOVA;

EID: 32044432361     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805001391     Document Type: Article

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