New Silurian neotaxodont bivalves from South Wales and their phylogenetic significance

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 975-991

  Ratter, V Alexander ^a   Cope, John C W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

BIVALVIA; NEOTAXODONTA;

EID: 0032434541     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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