The Girvanella-like remains from Messinian marine deposits (Sardinia, Italy): Lagerstätten paradigm for microbial biota?;Présence de Girvanella dans les dépôts messiniens de Sardaigne (Italie): un exemple de Lagerstätten pour des organismes microbiens?

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 33-50

  Saint Martin, Jean Paul ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate buildups; Girvanella like filaments; Late Miocene; Microbialites; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAGERSTATTE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESSINIAN; MICROBIALITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

ITALY; ORISTANO; SARDINIA; SINIS PENINSULA;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRYOZOA; CREEDIIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; GIRVANELLA; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 78649906446     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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