Lower Toarcian (Jurassic) brachiopod-rich carbonate facies of the Gran Sasso range (central Apennines, Italy)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-74

  Graziano, R ^a   Buono, G ^a   Ruggiero, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Brachiopods; Early Toarcian; Event stratigraphy; Gran Sasso; Palaeoecology; Rhynchonellida

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE PLATFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOARCIAN; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN SASSO; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

BRACHIOPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECHINOIDA; PELMATOZOA; RHYNCHONELLIDA;

EID: 33846864435     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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