The halobiids from the Norian GSSP candidate section of Pizzo Mondello (Western Sicily, Italy): Systematics and correlations

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-45

  Levera, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnian Norian boundary; Correlations; GSSP; Halobia; North america; Taxonomy; Tethys; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CORRELATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC MARKER; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; TRIASSIC;

ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; SICILY;

AMMONOIDEA; HALOBIA; HALOBIA AUSTRIACA; HALOBIIDAE; RADIATA;

EID: 84861417308     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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