Exceptionally well preserved upper Eocene to lower Oligocene calcareous nannofossils (Prymnesiophyceae) from the Pande Formation (Kilwa Group), Tanzania

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-411

  Jones, Tom Dunkley ^a   Bown, Paul R ^a   Pearson, Paul N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccolithophores; Eocene; Nannoplankton; Oligocene; Preservation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; CLAY SOIL; COCCOLITH; DIVERSITY INDEX; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NANOFOSSIL; NANOPLANKTON; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

TANZANIA;

ACANTHOICA; ALGIROSPHAERA; CALCIDISCUS; CULTER; GLADIOLITHUS; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RETICULOFENESTRA; SYRACOSPHAERA; SYRACOSPHAERACEAE;

EID: 74149091921     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201909990010     Document Type: Article

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