Abnormal forms of acritarchs (phytoplankton) in the upper Hirnantian (Upper Ordovician) of Anticosti Island, Canada

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-56

  Delabroye, Aurélien ^a   Munnecke, Axel ^b   Servais, Thomas ^c   Vandenbroucke, Thijs R A ^c   Vecoli, Marco ^c  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hirnantian; Laurentia; Ordovician Silurian boundary; Phytoplankton; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOZONATION; CARBON CYCLE; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; HIRNANTIAN; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIA; MICROFOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILURIAN;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACRITARCHA; CHITINOZOA; PETEINOSPHAERIDIUM; SPINACHITINA TAUGOURDEAUI;

EID: 84858650311     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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