An early Triassic conodont with periodic growth?

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Zhang, Shunxin ^a   Richard J Aldridge, ^b   Philip C J Donoghue, ^b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PARAPACHYCLADINA; TRIASSIC;

CHINA, GUANGXI PROVINCE;

EID: 0030712473     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.16.1.65     Document Type: Article

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