Anticostia, a distinctive new Late Ordovician "glyptograptid" (Diplograptacea, Graptoloidea) based on three-dimensionally preserved specimens from Anticosti Island, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-228

  Stewart, Scott ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b  

^a Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOSTIA MACGREGORAE; DIPLOGRAPTACEA; GLYPTOGRAPTID; GRAPTOLOIDEA; ORDOVICIAN;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ANTICOSTI ISLAND;

EID: 0030738049     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-018     Document Type: Article

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