Lower Cambrian melanosclerites and foraminiferal linings from the Lontova Formation, St. Petersburg, Russia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Winchester Seeto, T M ^a   McIlroy, D ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baltica; Cambrian; evolution; foraminiferan; melanosclerite

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FORAMINIFERA; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; SCLERITE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

BATHYSIPHON; FORAMINIFERA; PSAMMOSPHAERA; THURAMMINA;

EID: 33745454529     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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