Taphonomy of cephalopod assemblages from Middle Jurassic hardgrounds of pelagic swells (South-Iberian Palaeomargin, Western Tethys)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 257-271

  Reolid, Matías ^a   Nieto, Luis M ^a   Rey, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Condensed sections; External subbetic; Hardground; Stratigraphic break

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEPHALOPOD; ICHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXFORDIAN; SEDIMENTATION; TAPHONOMY; TETHYS;

AMMONOIDEA; BELEMNOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; FORAMINIFERA; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 78649699798     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.049     Document Type: Article

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