Fossil crustacea of the late Pleistocene Port Morant Formation, west Port Morant Harbour, southeastern Jamaica

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 138, 2009, Pages 23-53

  Collins, J S H ^a,b   Donovan, S K ^c   Stemann, T A ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Cirripedia; Crustacea; Decapoda; Jamaica; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; PORT MORANT;

ACTAEA ACANTHA; ACTAEA BIFRONS; BALANOMORPHA; BALANUS EBURNEUS; CALLIANASSIDAE; CARPILIUS CORALLINUS; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEPATUS; HYAS; LEPIDOPHTHALMUS JAMAICENSE; MICROPANOPE; MITHRACULUS FORCEPS; MITHRAX CORNUTUS; MITHRAX VERRUCOSUS; NEOCALLICHIRUS; PAGURISTES; PERSEPHONA; PETROCHIRUS; PORTUNUS VOCANS;

EID: 68849100951     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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