Pachydon hettneri (Anderson, 1928) as indicator for Caribbean-Amazonian lowland connections during the Early-Middle Miocene

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Wesselingh, F P ^a,b   Macsotay, O ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Urbanizacion Trigal Centro   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Chaguaramas Formation; Miocene; Pachydon hettneri; Paleobiogeography; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORELAND BASIN; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

AMAZONIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33646767124     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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