Trilobite taphonomy of a Silurian reef: Attawapiskat formation, northern Ontario

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-397

  Westrop, Stephen R ^a   Rudkin, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REEF; SILURIAN; TAPHONOMY;

CANADA;

BRACHIOPODA; ILLAENIDAE; STENOPAREIA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0032703914     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515464     Document Type: Article

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