The highest records of North American scaphitid ammonites in the European Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) and their stratigraphic implications

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-185

  Machalski, Marcin ^a   Jagt, John W M ^b   Landman, Neil H ^c   Motchurova Dekova, Neda ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Correlation; Cretaceous; Europe; Maastrichtian; North America; Scaphitids

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; MAASTRICHTIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; HOPLOSCAPHITES; HOPLOSCAPHITES CONSTRICTUS; JELETZKYTES; SCAPHITIDAE;

EID: 34547804796     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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