Embryo size variation in larger foraminiferal lineages: Stratigraphy versus paleoecology in Nephrolepidina praemarginata (R. Douvillé, 1908) from the Majella Mt. (Central Appennines)

Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 19-29

  Benedetti, Andrea ^a   Di Carlo, Massimo ^a   Pignatti, Johannes ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometry; Larger foraminifers; Majella; Nephrolepidina; Oligocene; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ITALY; MAJELLA MOUNTAINS;

FORAMINIFERA; NEPHROLEPIDINA; NUMMULITIDAE;

EID: 84858703410     PISSN: 20372272     EISSN: 22806148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3304/JMES.2010.003     Document Type: Article

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