Taxonomic revision of the late Campanian-Maastrichtian (late cretaceous) planktonic foraminiferal genus Rugotruncana Brönnimann and Brown, 1956, and a new paleontological species concept for planktonic foraminifera

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-159

  Georgescu, Marius D ^a   Huber, Brian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; TAXONOMY;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOTRUNCANA; RUGOGLOBIGERINA; RUGOGLOBIGERINIDAE;

EID: 34248633375     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.37.2.150     Document Type: Article

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