Palynoassemblages associated with a theropod dinosaur from the Snow Hill Island Formation (lower Maastrichtian) at the Naze, JamesRoss Island, Antarctica

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-154

  Di Pasquo, Mercedes ^a   Martin, James E ^b,c  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^b JE Martin Geoscientific Consultation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Early Maastrichtian; James Ross Island; Paleoenvironment; Palynostratigraphy; Snow Hill Island Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; SNOW HILL ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84884257642     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.07.008     Document Type: Review

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