Spores and cryptospores diversification from the Ordovician to the lower Devonian;Paleodiversification des spores et des cryptospores de l'Ordovicien au Devonien inferieur

Geobios

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 341-352

  Steemans, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cryptospores; Eustatism; Lower Devonian; Ordovician; Silurian; Spores

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PHYLOGENY; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CRYPTOSPORANGIUM;

EID: 0032765876     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80048-5     Document Type: Article

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