Exceptional preservation of marine diatoms in upper Albian amber

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-86

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DIATOM SHELL; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORDS; HIGH TIDES; LATE CRETACEOUS; MARINE DIATOMS; RESIN FLOWS; SHALLOW WATERS;

BEACHES; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESINS;

AMBER;

ALBIAN; AMBER; COASTAL WATER; CRETACEOUS; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; PRESERVATION;

AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCUS; HEMIAULUS; MELOSIRA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PARALIA; RHIZOSOLENIALES; SKELETONEMA; STEPHANOPYXIS;

EID: 58149477481     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25009A.1     Document Type: Article

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