The Oligocene nannolith Sphenolithus evolutionary lineage: Morphometrical insights from the palaeo-equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-35

  Blaj, Teodora ^a,b   Henderiks, Jorijntje ^a,c   Young, Jeremy R ^d   Rehnberg, Emil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PetroStrat Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary lineage; Morphometry; ODP leg 199 site 1218; Oligocene; Sphenolithus

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

SPHENOLITHUS;

EID: 77952968509     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.29.1.17     Document Type: Article

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