Apparatus architecture of Belodina (conodonta): Interpretations based on fused clusters of Belodina compressa (Branson and Mehl, 1933) from the Middle Ordovician (Turinian) plattin limestone of Missouri and Iowa

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 921-926

  Leslie, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELODINA COMPRESSA; CONODONTA; ORDOVICIAN;

USA;

BELODINA; BELODINA COMPRESSA;

EID: 0031428389     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000035848     Document Type: Article

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