Exceptionally preserved lacustrine ostracods from the Middle Miocene of Antarctica: Implications for high-latitude palaeoenvironment at 77° south

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1650, 2008, Pages 2449-2454

  Williams, Mark ^a   Siveter, David J ^a   Ashworth, Allan C ^b   Wilby, Philip R ^c   Horne, David J ^d   Lewis, Adam R ^b   Marchant, David R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry Valleys; Konservat Lagerst tte; Miocene palaeoclimate; Ostracods; Palaeolake; Pyritization

Indexed keywords

PYRITE;

BENTHOS; FOSSIL RECORD; GOETHITE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PYRITE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTHROPOD; BENTHOS; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TUNDRA;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MOUNT OLYMPUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

ANIMALIA; BOREAS; CYPRIDOIDEA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 52749088322     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0396     Document Type: Review

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