Mississippian coral latitudinal diversity gradients (western interior United States): Testing the limits of high resolution diversity data

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 780-791

  Webb, Gregory E ^a,c   Sando, William J ^b   Raymond, Anne ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FOSSIL RECORD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

USA;

EID: 0031409873     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000035733     Document Type: Article

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