Short-term survival of ammonites in New Jersey after the end-cretaceous bolide impact

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-715

  Landman, Neil H ^a   Garb, Matthew P ^b   Rovelli, Remy ^b   Ebel, Denton S ^a   Edwards, Lucy E ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea; biostratigraphy; Cretaceous Paleogene boundary; extinctions; iridium anomaly; New Jersey

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; BOLIDE; CRETACEOUS; DANIAN; DEPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; EXTINCTION; IRIDIUM; MAASTRICHTIAN; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

KEF; MONMOUTH COUNTY; NEW JERSEY; TUNISIA; UNITED STATES;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUBACULITES; EUBACULITES CARINATUS; PACHYDISCUS; PINNA (BIVALVE);

EID: 84874396913     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0068     Document Type: Article

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