Miocene freshwater Mollusca from western Brazilian Amazonia

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 133, 2006, Pages 419-437

  Wesselingh, Frank P ^a,b   Ranzi, Alceu ^c   Räsänen, Matti E ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Miocene; Mollusca; Solim es Formation; Western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOLIMOES BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; COCHLIOPIDAE; CORBULIDAE; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 33845492349     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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