Velatomorpha, a new healdioidean ostracode genus from the early Pennsylvanian joggins formation, Nova Scotia, Canada

Micropaleontology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-66

  Tibert, Neil E ^a   Dewey, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; OSTRACOD; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; JOGGINS; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

HEALDIA; METACOPINA; OSTRACODA; PODOCOPIDA;

EID: 33746404115     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsmicropal.52.1.51     Document Type: Article

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