Biostratigraphic and paleogeographic significance of a palynological assemblage from the Middle Devonian Ulusubasite Formation, eastern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 141-157

  Zhu, Huaicheng ^a,b   Wicander, Reed ^b,c   Marshall, John E A ^b,d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy   (China)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acritarch; biostratigraphy; China; Junggar Basin; Middle Devonian; miospore; paleogeography

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ACRITARCHA; ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 55549126795     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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