Larger foraminifera as a substratum for encrusting bryozoans (Late Oligocene, Tethyan Seaway, Iran)

Facies

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-241

  Berning, B ^a,b   Reuter, M ^a   Piller, W E ^a   Harzhauser, M ^c   Kroh, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen ^*  (Austria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bryozoa; Interstitial; Larger foraminifera; Palaeoecology; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TETHYS;

BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; LEPIDOCYCLINA;

EID: 64249163135     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-008-0169-x     Document Type: Article

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