Silurian sponge spicules from the racine formation, Wisconsin

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Watkins, Rodney ^a   Coorough, P J ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILURIAN; SPICULE; SPONGE; WENLOCKIAN;

USA, WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE;

EID: 0030617482     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000039147     Document Type: Article

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