Automobility in Tabulata, Rugosa, and extant scleractinian analogues: Stratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution of Paleozoic mobile corals

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 985-1001

  Plusquellec, Yves ^a   Webb, Gregory E ^b   Hoeksema, Bert W ^c  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; MOBILITY; PALEOZOIC;

ANTHOZOA; BARYPHYLLUM; CARBONIFEROUS; COMBOPHYLLUM; DISCOIDAE; ENTOVALVA; GRANULIDICTYUM; GYMNOPHYLLUM; HADROPHYLLUM; PALAEACIS; PALAEACIS PARTIM; PROCTERIA; PROCTERODICTYUM; RUGOSA; SCLERACTINIA; SMYTHINA; TABULATA;

EID: 0033230304     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000030936     Document Type: Article

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