Paleoecology of giant inoceramidae (Platyceramus) on a Santonian (Cretaceous) seafloor in Colorado

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-81

  Kauffman, Erle G ^a   Harries, Peter J ^b   Meyer, Christian ^c   Villamil, Tomas ^d   Arango, Claudia ^d   Jaecks, Glenn ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^e Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; CAMPANIAN; CONIACIAN; FACIES; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SANTONIAN; SEAFLOOR;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CONIACIAN; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 33846540945     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[64:POGIPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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