Evolution of the Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil genus Eiffellithus and its biostratigraphic significance

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1083-1102

  Shamrock, J L ^a   Watkins, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Eiffellithus; Nannofossils; Taxonomy; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN; COCCOLITH; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

CONIACIAN; EIFFELLITHUS; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70249117777     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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