Late Miocene Asterozoans (Echinodermata) in the James Ross Island Volcanic Group

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Williams, Mark ^a,c   Smellie, John L ^a   Johnson, Joanne S ^a   Blake, Daniel B ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil asterozoans; James Ross Island Volcanic Group; Late Miocene; Volcanic tuffs

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; FOSSIL; MIOCENE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ASTEROZOA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 33645281992     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000113     Document Type: Article

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