Biodiversification patterns in the Early Ordovician of Argentina

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-214

  Waisfeld, Beatriz G ^a   Sánchez, Teresa M ^b   Carrera, Marcelo G ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATE; ORDOVICIAN;

ARGENTINA;

ARGENTINA (FISH); BRACHIOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLENIDAE; PSAMMOBIIDAE; ROSITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0033150695     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515434     Document Type: Article

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