Morphological variability and method of opening of the Devonian acritarch Navifusa bacilla (Deunff, 1955) Playford, 1977

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 108-123

  Fatka, Oldřich ^a   Brocke, Rainer ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

acritarch; excystment structures; Lower Devonian; population variability

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; CYST; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BARRANDIAN BASIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; CISARSKA CAVE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; JIHOMORAVSKY;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 37449006314     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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