Taphonomy and palaeoecology of mid-Cretaceous amber-preserved microorganisms from southwestern France

Geodiversitas

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-162

  Girard, Vincent ^a   Schmidt, Alexander R ^b,c   Struwe, Steffi ^b,c   Perrichot, Vincent ^d   Breton, Gerard ^a   Neraudeau, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber forests; Cretaceous; France; Microorganisms; Palaeoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67649240303     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2009n1a14     Document Type: Article

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