The stratigraphic distribution of graptolites in the classic upper Middle Ordovician Utica Shale of New York State: An evolutionary succession or a response to relative sea-level change?

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-294

  Goldman, Daniel ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b   Joy, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

CLIMACOGRAPTUS; GRAPTOLOIDEA; HEMICHORDATA;

EID: 0033427972     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300021291     Document Type: Article

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