New continental Carboniferous and Permian faunas of Morocco: Implications for biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 265, Issue , 2006, Pages 297-324

  Hmich, D ^a   Schneider, J W ^b   Saber, H ^c   Voigt, S ^b   El Wartiti, M ^a  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; FAUNA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; TETRAPOD;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TADLA-AZILAL;

BLATTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHYNCHOSAUROIDES; SYNAPTICHNIUM; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33845648409     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.265.01.14     Document Type: Article

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