Chitinozoans and acritarchs from the Ordovician peri-Gondwana volcanic arc of the Famatina System, northwestern Argentina

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 129-149

  Achab, Aicha ^a   Rubinstein, Claudia V ^b   Astini, Ricardo A ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acritarchs; biostratigraphy; chitinozoans; Ordovician; paleogeography

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; GONDWANA; ISLAND ARC; MICROFOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBOTANY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACRITARCHA; ARBUSCULIDIUM FILAMENTOSUM; BALTISPHAERIDIUM; CHITINOZOA; CONOCHITINA; PETEINOSPHAERIDIUM; RHOPALIOPHORA; STRIATOTHECA; VAVRDOVELLA;

EID: 33745668672     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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