The ammonoids from the Dalle à Merocanites of Timimoun (Late Tournaisian - Early Viséan; Gourara, Algeria)

Fossil Record

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-202

  Ebbighausen, Volker ^a   Korn, Dieter ^b   Bockwinkel, Jürgen ^a  

^a Museum für Naturkunde Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea; Carboniferous; Mississippian; North Africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953624904     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200900011     Document Type: Article

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