New range data for marine invertebrate species across the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) mass extinction

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 859-872

  Caswell, Bryony A ^a   Coe, Angela L ^a   Cohen, Anthony S ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EPIFAUNA; INVERTEBRATE; MASS EXTINCTION; MUDSTONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOARCIAN;

CLEVELAND BASIN; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; RHOMBIFERA;

EID: 69949109656     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-0831     Document Type: Article

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