The Olcostephanus Level: An Upper Valanginian ammonoid mass-occurrence (Lower Cretaceous, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria)

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-33

  Lukeneder, Alexander ^a  

^a Department of Palaeontology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Lower Cretaceous; Mass occurrence; Northern Calcareous Alps; Olcostephanus Level

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3242880420     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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