The Frasnian-Famennian brachiopod extinction events: a preliminary review

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 395-411

  Racki, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

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Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION;

EID: 0031770630     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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