Upper Ordovician microphytoplankton of the Bill's Creek Shale and Stonington Formation, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A.: Biostratigraphy and paleogeographic significance

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-66

  Wicander, Reed ^a   Playford, Geoffrey ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Bill's Creek Shale; Biostratigraphy; Paleoenvironment; Paleogeography; Stonington Formation; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAPTOLITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; KANSAS; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ACRITARCHA; CHITINOZOA; GLOEOCAPSOMORPHA PRISCA; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; TASMANITES;

EID: 41949097014     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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