Evidence for marine microfossils from amber

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 45, 2008, Pages 17426-17429

  Girard, Vincent ^a   Schmidt, Alexander R ^b,c   Martin, Simona Saint ^d,e   Struwe, Steffi ^c   Perrichot, Vincent ^f   Martin, Jean Paul Saint ^d   Grosheny, Danièle ^g   Breton, Gérard ^a   Néraudeau, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Fossil resin; Palaeoecology; SW France; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

ALBIAN; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENOMANIAN; DIATOM; ECHINODERM; FORAMINIFER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA URCHIN; SEASHORE; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

CONIFEROPHYTA; ECHINODERMATA; FORAMINIFERA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 56249140099     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804980105     Document Type: Article

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