Late Maastrichtian dinoflagellate cysts from the Cerro Butaló section, southern Mendoza province, Argentina

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-33

  Prámparo, Mercedes B ^a   Papú, Oscar H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Argentina; Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Late Maastrichtian; Southern Mendoza

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GREEN ALGA; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACRITARCHA; CHLOROPHYTA; DEFLANDREA; DINOPHYCEAE; GLAPHYROCYSTA;

EID: 33646755584     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.25.1.23     Document Type: Article

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