Exoskeletal micro-remains of an Ordovician fish from the Harding Sandstone of Colorado

Palaeontology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 645-658

  Smith, Moya M ^a   Sansom, Ivan J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; ORDOVICIAN; SKIICHTHYS; TAXONOMY;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0031446743     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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