Application of Ostracoda and Charophyta from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Tendaguru formation at Tendaguru, Tanzania (East Africa) - Biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 213-229

  Sames, Benjamin ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charophyta; Early Cretaceous; Late Jurassic; Ostracoda; Tanzania; Tendaguru formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHAROPHYTE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OSTRACOD; OXFORDIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LINDI [TANZANIA]; MADAGASCAR; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; TENDAGURU;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES; DINOSAURIA; OSTRACODA; SAURIA; TRIGONIA;

EID: 45849101667     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.053     Document Type: Article

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