Close evolutionary affinities between freshwater corbulid bivalves from the Neogene of western Amazonia and Paleogene of the northern Great Plains, USA

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 28-48

  Anderson, Laurie C ^a   Hartman, Joseph H ^b   Wesselingh, Frank ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Corbulidae; Freshwater; Neogene; Pachydon; Paleogene; Pebas Formation; Tongue River Formation; Western Amazonia; Williston Basin

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONIA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WILLISTON BASIN;

BIVALVIA; CORBULA; CORBULIDAE;

EID: 33747250163     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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