Conodont biostratigraphy of the Little Cedar and lower Coralville formations of the Cedar Valley Group (Middle Devonian) of Iowa and significance of a new species of Polygnathus

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 726-737

  Rogers, Frederick S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

CONODONTA; ICRIODUS; POLYGNATHUS DUBIUS; POLYGNATHUS KLUGI;

EID: 0031926317     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000040427     Document Type: Article

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