New species and records from the eocene of England and France support early diversification of the coral genus Acropora

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-328

  Wallace, Carden C ^a  

^a MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MUSEUM; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; BARTONIA; HYACINTHUS; ROBUSTA GROUP;

EID: 41349086393     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06-091.1     Document Type: Article

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