Heliolitine corals of the topmost Douro and overlying formations (Upper Silurian), Canadian Arctic Islands

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 937-966

  Dixon, Owen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; SILURIAN;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ANTHOZOA; HELIOLITES; HELIOLITIDAE;

EID: 0031742152     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027335     Document Type: Review

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