Middle Pennsylvanian, late Atokan-early Desmoinesian echinoderms from an intermontane basin, the Central Colorado Trough

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1054-1072

  Webster, G D ^a   Houck, Karen J ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PENNSYLVANIAN;

COLORADO TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA; ULOCRINUS ROCKYMONTANUS;

EID: 0031743165     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027402     Document Type: Review

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