Amber microfossils: On the validity of species concept;Microfossiles de l'ambre: sur la validité de concept d'espèce.

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 189-200

  Girard, Vincent ^a   Adl, Sina M ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amber; Evolution; Fossil species; Micro organisms; Morphological stasis

Indexed keywords

AMBER; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 79953181214     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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