Skeletal composition of Silurian benthic marine faunas

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 550-558

  Watkins, Rodney ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; STROMATOPOROIDEA;

BENTHIC FAUNA; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SILURIAN; SKELETAL COMPOSITION;

EID: 0030403169     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515190     Document Type: Article

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