Recognition of a probable secundo-primo event in the early Silurian

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-315

  Jeppsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause of extinctions; Conodonts; Extinctions; Graptolites; Llandovery; Oceanic cycles; Silurian; Telychian

Indexed keywords

STIMULOGRAPTUS;

CONODONT; EXTINCTION; GRAPTOLITE; LLANDOVERIAN; OCEANIC CYCLE; SILURIAN;

EID: 0030419532     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01666.x     Document Type: Article

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