Palaega kakatahi n. sp.: The first record of a marine fossil isopod from the pliocene of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-415

  Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Rust, Seabourne ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cirolanidae; Crustacea; Isopoda; New taxonomic name; New Zealand; Palaega kakatahin. sp; Paleoecology; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; ISOPOD; NOMENCLATURE; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WANGANUI BASIN;

CIROLANIDAE; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA;

EID: 33846374835     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515177     Document Type: Article

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