A coralline-like red alga from the Lower Ordovician of Wales

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1069-1076

  Riding, Robert ^a   Cope, John C W ^a   Taylor, Paul D ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORALLINE ALGA; NEW GENUS; ORDOVICIAN; RED ALGA;

CARMARTHENSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARENIGIPHYLLUM CRUSTOSUM;

EID: 0032447171     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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