Orbirhynchia nadiae, a new rhynchonellide brachiopod species from the lower aptian of the gargano promontory (southern italy): Shell structure, stratigraphy, palaeoecology and taphonomy

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-313

  Motchurova Dekova, Neda ^a   Radulović, Vladan ^b   Graziano, Roberto ^c   Ruggiero, Emma Taddei ^c  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aptian; Brachiopoda; Cretaceous; Intraspecific and intrageneric variation; Palaeoecology; Rhynchonellida; Shell microstructure; Southern italy; Taphonomy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE PLATFORM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; SHELL;

GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA;

BRACHIOPODA; CHAETETIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECHINOIDA; FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA; PELMATOZOA; RHYNCHONELLIDA;

EID: 70350691059     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0289     Document Type: Article

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