Coccolith-agglutinating foraminifera from the Early Cretaceous and how they constructed their tests

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-214

  Thomsen, Erik ^a   Rasmussen, Tine L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PROTIST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TESTING METHOD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; SPEETON; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA; TROCHAMMINA; TROCHAMMINIDAE;

EID: 50049087251     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.38.3.193     Document Type: Article

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