Iapetonudus (N. gen.) and Iapetognathus Landing, unusual Earliest Ordovician multielement conodont taxa and their utility for biostratigraphy

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 44, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-55

  Nicoll, Robert S ^a   Miller, James F ^b   Nowlan, Godfrey S ^c   Repetski, John E ^d   Ethington, Raymond L ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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