Biogeography of Ordovician sponges

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-37

  Carrera, Marcelo G ^a   Rigby, J Keith ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPONGE;

EID: 0033017997     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027517     Document Type: Article

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