Echinoderm faunas of the hongguleleng formation, late devonian (famennian), xinjiang-uygur autonomous region, people's republic of china

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 1-43

  Lane, N Gary ^a   Waters, Johnny A ^a   Maples, Christopher G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOIDEA; BRIDGEROCRINUS DELICATULUS; BRIDGEROCRINUS MINUTUS; CALYX; CARBONIFEROUS; CRINOIDEA; DECADOCRINUS XINJIANGENSIS; ECHINODERMATA; ENTOVALVA; PACHYLOCRINUS SUBPENTAGONALIS; PELMATOZOA; UPEROCRINUS ZHAOAE;

BLASTOID; CRINOID; DEVONIAN; ECHINODERM; FAMENNIAN;

CHINA, XINJIANG, JUNGGAR BASIN;

EID: 0030753086     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000061485     Document Type: Article

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