Early Permian glacio-marine thecamoebian assemblages from the northwest Himalayas, India

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-89

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Farooqui, Anjum ^b   Jha, Neerja ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Glaciomarine; Himalayas; India; Permian; Thecamoebians

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEGLACIATION; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PERMIAN; PROTOZOAN; SURVIVAL;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

AMPHITREMA; ARCELLA; CENTROPYXIS; CUCURBITELLA; CYCLOPYXIS; DIFFLUGIA; PROTISTA; TRINEMA;

EID: 79958112690     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0262-821X10-021     Document Type: Article

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