Low-diversity faunas of the Middle Jurassic Carmel Formation their paleobiological implications

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 10-14

  Tang, Carol M ^a   Bottjer, David J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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