Direct measurement of age in fossil Gryphaea: The solution to a classic problem in heterochrony

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-187

  Jones, Douglas S ^a   Gould, Stephen Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC;

BIVALVIA; GRYPHAEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032701350     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300026488     Document Type: Article

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