Ammonite eggs and ammonitellae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-217

  Etches, Steve ^a   Clarke, Jane ^b   Callomon, John ^a  

^a University College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonitellae; Ammonoidea; Cephalopoda; Dorset; Eggs; Jurassic; Kimmeridge Clay

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EGG; JURASSIC;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIMMERIDGE BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; PERISPHINCTIDAE;

EID: 65449119178     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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