Morphological Stasis of Protists in Lower Cretaceous Amber

Protist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Martín González, Ana ^a   Wierzchos, Jacek ^b   Gutiérrez, Juan C ^a   Alonso, Jesús ^c   Ascaso, Carmen ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

amber; lower Cretaceous; morphological stasis; paleomicrobiology; protists

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; EUGLENA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROTOZOON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPAIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

AMBER; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIOPHORA; EUGLENA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTOZOA; SPAIN;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHROMALVEOLATA; CILIOPHORA; COLPODA; COLPODEA; EUGLENA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; MYXOZOA; PHACUS; PRORODON; PROSTOMATEA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 40949104018     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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