Palynology of the Sinemurian/Pliensbachian boundary (Lower Jurassic) in the Wutach area, SW Germany: Dinoflagellate cyst systematics, biostratigraphy and heterotrophic character of Liasidium variabile

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-313

  Feist Burkhardt, Susanne ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Heterotroph; Jurassic; Liasidium; Pliensbachian; Sinemurian; Systematics; Trophic mode

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; HETEROTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLIENSBACHIAN; SINEMURIAN; TAXONOMY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77953175225     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0019     Document Type: Article

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