Three extant genera of freshwater thalassiosiroid diatoms from Middle Eocene sediments in northern Canada

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 487-497

  Wolfe, Alexander P ^a   Siver, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclotella; Discostella; Eocene; Evolution; Fossil diatoms; Fultoportula; Morphology; Puncticulata; Thalassiosirales

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA; GIRAFFIDAE; STEPHANODISCACEAE; STRAMENOCHROMA; THALASSIOSIRALES;

EID: 60249093024     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800307     Document Type: Article

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