The 'Castlecomer fauna': A new Konservat-Lagerstätte from the upper carboniferous of Ireland

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 1996, Pages 93-106

  Orr, Patrick J ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Parkes, Matthew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BRANCHIOPOD; CARBONIFEROUS; CASTLECOMER FAUNA; CONCHOSTRACAN; KONSERVAT-LAGERSTATTE; NAMURIAN; WESTPHALIAN;

IRELAND, LEINSTER COALFIELD;

EID: 0030391214     PISSN: 07901763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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