Scleractinian corals from the Cardenas Formation (Maastrichtian), San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1033-1046

  Baron Szabo, Rosemarie C ^a,b   Schafhauser, Armin ^c   Götz, Stefan ^c   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN LUIS POTOSI;

ACTINACIS; ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA; GONIOPORA SP.; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA;

EID: 33846188070     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[1033:SCFTCF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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