Mid Jurassic (Late Callovian) dinoflagellate cysts from the Lotena Formation of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina and their palaeogeographical significance

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 227-236

  Riding, James B ^a   Quattrocchio, Mirta E ^b   Martínez, Marcelo A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Lotena Formation; Mid Jurassic; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; JURASSIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH;

ARCTIC; ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

AMMONOIDEA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78650679361     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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