Huesser horizon: A lake and a marine incursion in northwestern south america during the early Miocene

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-210

  Gomez, Andres A ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^a,d   Parra, Mauricio ^b   Mora, Andres ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; LAKE; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMAZON BASIN; COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA; MAGDALENA; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCIDAE; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILOPSIS (BIVALVE);

EID: 63849136033     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-074r     Document Type: Article

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