Exceptionally preserved ostracodes from a Middle Miocene palaeolake, California, USA

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 817-825

  Wilkinson, I P ^a   Wilby, P R ^a   Williams, M ^b   Siveter, D J ^b   Page, A A ^c   Leggitt, L ^d   Riley, D A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; OSTRACOD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; MUD HILLS; UNITED STATES;

ANOMOPODA; ANOSTRACA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRANCHIOPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRIDIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77954284674     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-178     Document Type: Article

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