Mass mortality of fishes in the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous, ?Albian) of northeast Brazil

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-658

  Martill, David M ^a   Brito, Paulo M ^b   Washington Evans, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidade do Estadual do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^c International School of London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cretaceous; Fish; Mass Mortality; Santana Formation

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BEDDING PLANE; CONCRETION; EXTREME EVENT; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MASS MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSALINITY; TIME SERIES;

ARARIPE BASIN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; PISCES;

EID: 48549103071     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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