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

May 31, 1990

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.

Publication Year 1990
Title Cymbella langii, a new miocene diatom from the Espanola area, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, U.S.A
DOI 10.1080/0269249X.1990.9705093
Authors Robert McLaughlin, George W. Andrews
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Diatom Research
Index ID 70208783
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse