Kilbuchophyllid corals from the Ordovician (Caradoc) of Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone: Implications for coral phylogeny and for movement on the Southern Uplands Fault

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 117-126

  Scrutton, Colin T ^a   Jeram, Andrew J ^b   Armstrong, Howard A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actiniaria; Bardahessiagh Formation; Corallimorpharia; Early Palaeozoic; Junction Beds; Northern Ireland; Scleractiniamorph corals; Septal substitution; Skeletal composition

Indexed keywords

CORAL; KILBUCHOPHYLLIA; ORDOVICIAN; PHYLOGENY; SCLERACTINIAMORPH;

UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, COUNTY TYRONE;

EID: 0031799738     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006891     Document Type: Article

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