Upper Triassic (Norian) Cephalopods from the Ekrasar Formation (Shemshak Group) of northern alborz, Iran

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Seyed Emami, Kazem ^a   Fürsich, Franz Theodor ^b   Wilmsen, Markus ^c   Majidifard, Mahmoud Reza ^d   Shekarifard, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alborz; Ammonoids; Ekrasar formation; Iran; Norian; Shemshak group; Upper triassic

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSAFETY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; NORIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

AMMONOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; NAUTILIDA;

EID: 70350139819     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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