Rudist bivalve assemblages from the Back Rio Grande Formation (Cretaceous: Campanian) of Jamaica and their stratigraphic significance

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-321

  Mitchell, Simon F ^a   Ramsook, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Campanian; Cretaceous; Larger foraminifers; Palaeontology; Rudist bivalves

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; PALEONTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

BIVALVIA; CHIAPASELLA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 62049083795     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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