Two Devonian mitrates from South Africa

Palaeontology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 201-243

  Ruta, M ^a,b   Theron, J N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Geological Survey of South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOCYSTITID; BOKKEVELDIA OOSTHUIZENI; DEVONIAN; EIFELIAN; EMSIAN; MITRATE; PLACOSYSTELLA AFRICANA;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE;

EID: 0030810358     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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