Stratigraphy of the upper Vijlen Member (Gulpen Formation; Maastrichtian) in northeast Belgium, the southeast Netherlands and the Aachen area (Germany), with special reference to belemnitellid cephalopods

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-136

  Keutgen, N ^a,b   Jagt, J W M ^a   Felder, P J ^d   Jagt Yazykova, E A ^c  

^a NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^b Uniwersytet Techniczno Przyrodniczy Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Belemnitellidae; Belgium; Coleoidea; Correlation; Germany; Maastrichtian type area; Netherlands; Vijlen Member

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BELEMNITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAASTRICHTIAN; REWORKING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

BELGIUM; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS;

ACANTHOSCAPHITES TRIDENS; BELEMNITELLA; BELEMNITELLIDAE; BELEMNOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; HOPLOSCAPHITES; HOPLOSCAPHITES CONSTRICTUS; JELETZKYTES; SCAPHITIDAE; TENUIPTERIA;

EID: 77957122628     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600000731     Document Type: Article

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