Selenopemphix islandensis sp. nov.: A new organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst from the Lower Pliocene Tjörnes beds, northern Iceland

Palynology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-25

  Verhoeven, Koen ^a   Louwye, Stephen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bering Strait; dinoflagellate cysts; Iceland; Pliocene; Selenopemphix; taxonomy; Tj rnes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BERING STRAIT; ICELAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DINOPHYCEAE; MACTRA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PROTOPERIDINIACEAE; SELENOPEMPHIX; SERRIPES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84861896929     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2011.593573     Document Type: Article

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