First record of Lower Silurian conodonts from South America: Biostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic implications of Llandovery conodonts in the Precordillera of Argentina

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-131

  Lehnert, Oliver ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b   Benedetto, J L ^c   Vaccari, N Emilio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LLANDOVERIAN; SILURIAN;

ARGENTINA;

CONODONTA;

EID: 0032975783     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899002290     Document Type: Article

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