Ordovician (Darriwilian-Caradocian) conodonts from the San Rafael Region, west-central Argentina: Biostratigraphic, paleoecologic, and paleogeographic implications

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 199-214

  Lehnert, Oliver ^b   Bergström, Stig M ^c   Keller, Martin ^b   Bordonaro, Osvaldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conodont Biostratigraphy; Cuyania Terrane; Middle Ordovician; Paleogeography; San Rafael Block; Western Argentina

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA;

CONODONTA;

EID: 0032471473     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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