Cymbella langii, a new miocene diatom from the Española area, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, U.S.A

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Abstract

A distinctive new fossil freshwater diatom species, Cymbella langii McLaughlin & Andrews, is described from a diatomaceous earth deposit in the Chamita Formation of the Santa Fe Group near Espaiiola, central New Mexico. This deposit is dated by K-Ar and mammalian biostratigraphy as Hemphillian or late Miocene in age.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Cymbella langii, a new miocene diatom from the Espanola area, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, U.S.A
Series title Diatom Research
DOI 10.1080/0269249X.1990.9705093
Volume 5
Issue 1
Year Published 1990
Language English
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Description 7 p.
First page 55
Last page 61
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Rio Arriba County
Other Geospatial Española area
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