Conodonts from the McCraney limestone and the McCraney-Chouteau limestone transition beds (Kinderhookian, Lower Carboniferous) in northeastern Missouri and west-central Illinois, U.S.A.

Micropaleontology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-252

  Chauffe, Karl M ^a   Guzman, Maria ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; HINDEODUS; POLYGNATHUS; POLYGNATHUS COMMUNIS; SIPHONODELLA; SIPHONODELLA CRENULATA;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; CONODONT; KINDERHOOKIAN; LIMESTONE; PALAEOBIOLOGY;

USA, ILLINOIS; USA, MISSOURI;

EID: 0031399141     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1485826     Document Type: Article

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