Problematical fossil cnidarians from the Upper Ordovician of the North-Central USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1037-1062

  Van Iten, Heyo ^a   Fitzke, Julie Ann ^b   Cox, Robt S ^c  

^a HANOVER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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