Biostratigraphic significance of spinicaudatans from the Upper Cretaceous Nanxiong Group in Guangdong, South China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-395

  Li, Gang ^a,b   Hirano, Hiromichi ^b   Batten, David J ^c,d   Wan, Xiaoqiao ^e   Willems, Helmut ^f   Zhang, Xianqiu ^g  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g China New Star (Guangzhou) Petroleum Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Nanxiong Basin; South China; Spinicaudata; Tenuestheria; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SANTONIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; JINHUA; NANXIONG BASIN; ZHEJIANG;

SPINICAUDATA;

EID: 77954656375     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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