Early Palaeozoic brachiopods and associated shelly faunas from western Gondwana: their bearing on the geodynamic history of the pre-Andean margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 142, Issue , 1998, Pages 57-83

  Benedetto, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC;

ARGENTINA;

ARGENTINA (FISH); BRACHIOPODA; ENTOVALVA; LAURENTIA; PUNA;

EID: 0032293629     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.04     Document Type: Article

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