Conodont faunas from the upper Tremadoc at Brattefors, south-central Sweden, and reconstruction of the Paltodus apparatus

GFF

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-266

  Löfgren, Anita ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brattefors; Conodonts; Correlation; Ordovician; Paltodus; Redeposition; Tremadoc

Indexed keywords

LAURENTIA; PALTODUS; PAROISTODUS; PAROISTODUS PROTEUS;

CONODONT; ORDOVICIAN; PALTODUS; TREMADOCIAN;

SWEDEN, BRATTEFORS;

EID: 0031419516     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899709546485     Document Type: Article

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