Palaeozoic calcareous plankton: Evidence from the Silurian of Gotland

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Munnecke, Axel ^a   Servais, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Univ Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Calcispheres; Gotland; Palaeozoic; Plankton; Silurian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CALCIFICATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROFOSSIL; NANOFOSSIL; PLANKTON; SILURIAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 43549101577     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00113.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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