Ammonite diversity and its palaeobiogeographical structure during the early Pliensbachian (Jurassic) in the western Tethys and adjacent areas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 64-77

  Dommergues, Jean Louis ^a   Fara, Emmanuel ^a   Meister, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Early Jurassic; Pliensbachian; Western Tethys

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLIENSBACHIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TETHYS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AMMONOIDEA; CAPRA IBEX;

EID: 68549118687     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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