Uppermost Cambrian and lower Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy of The Survey Peak Formation (Ibexian/Tremadoc), Wilcox Pass, Alberta, Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 871-890

  Zailiang, J I ^a   Barnes, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CONODONT; ORDOVICIAN;

CANADA, ALBERTA, JASPER NATIONAL PARK, WILCOX PASS;

EID: 0030423568     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000023891     Document Type: Article

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