Palynomorphs, conodonts and associated graptolites from the Ordovician Los Azules formation, Central Precordillera, Argentina

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-250

  Ottone, E G ^a   Albanesi, G L ^b   Ortega, G ^b   Holfeltz, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA;

CONODONTA;

EID: 0033369396     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486135     Document Type: Article

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