Allocrioceras from the Cenomanian (mid-cretaceous) of the Lebanon and its bearing on the palaeobiology interpretation of heteromorphic ammonites

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1093-1107

  Wippich, Max G E ^a   Lehmann, Jens ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancyloceratina; Aptychi; Heteromorphic ammonites; Late Cretaceous; Palaeobiology; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

ALLOCRIOCERAS; AMMONOIDEA; ANCYLOCERATINA; APTYCHI; COMATULIDA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 5044225057     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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