Rhaetian (late triassic) monotis (Bivalvia: Pectinoida) from the Eastern Northern calcareous alps (Austria) and the end-norian crisis in pelagic faunas

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 721-735

  McRoberts, Christopher A ^a   Krystyn, Leopold ^b   Shea, Adriel ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Bivalvia; Extinction; Monotis; Rhaetian; Upper Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS; RHAETIAN; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; MISIKELLA POSTHERNSTEINI; MONOTIDAE; MONOTIS; MONOTIS SALINARIA; PECTINOIDA;

EID: 43949136952     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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