New dinoflagellate cyst and incertae sedis taxa from the Pliocene of northern Belgium, southern North Sea Basin

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 625-644

  De Schepper, Stijn ^a   Head, Martin J ^a   Louwye, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PLIOCENE;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

BARSSIDINIUM; BARSSIDINIUM PLIOCENICUM; BARSSIDINIUM WRENNII; DESOTODINIUM WRENNII; DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULACACEAE; PROTOPERIDINIACEAE; PYXIDINOPSIS BRABOI; SCALDECYSTA DOELENSIS; SPINIFERITES CONICONCAVUS; WAASLANDIA GEMINIFERA;

EID: 3242687233     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0625:NDCAIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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