Early Jurassic benthic foraminiferal diversification and biozones in shallow-marine carbonates of western Tethys

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-39

  BouDagher Fadel, Marcelle K ^a   Bosence, Dan W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Biozones; Jurassic; Palaeoenvironment; Western Tethys

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CARBONATE PLATFORM; EXTINCTION; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TETHYS;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; GREECE; ITALY; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TUNISIA;

APULEIA; FORAMINIFERA; LITUOSEPTA COMPRESSA; LITUOSEPTA RECOARENSIS;

EID: 35548996208     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043906     Document Type: Article

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