Four new species of benthonic foraminifera from the Miocene of Trinidad, West Indies, and their palaeobiogeographic importance

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 519-524

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Benthonic foraminifera; Caribbean; Miocene; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREATER ANTILLES; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VIENNA BASIN;

BOLIVINA; FORAMINIFERA; TEXTULARIA; TEXTULARIA GRAMEN;

EID: 34248185557     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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