Latest Albian (Vraconian) brachiopod fauna from North Dobrogea (Romania): Taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-88

  Grãdinaru, Eugen ^a   Bãrbulescu, Aurelia ^a   Owen, Ellis Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Cretaceous; Latest Albian (Vraconian); Romania

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BRACHIOPOD; FAUNA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

DOBROGEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRACHIOPODA; CANCELLOTHYRIDIDAE; CYCLOTHYRIDIDAE; RHYNCHONELLIDA; TEREBRATULIDA; TEREBRATULINA;

EID: 33646041013     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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