Evidence for ammonite survival into the Danian (Paleogene) from the Cerithium Limestone at Stevns Klint, Denmark

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-111

  Machalski, Marcin ^a   Heinberg, Claus ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Calcareous dinocysts; Danian; Denmark; Extinction; K Pg boundary; Maastrichtian; Reworking; Stable isotopes; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645382592     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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