Late Early Devonian (Late Emsian) eospiriferinid brachiopods from Shellabarger Pass, south-central Alaska, and their biogeographic importance; further evidence for a Siberian origin of the Farewell and allied Alaskan accreted terranes

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 209-221

  Blodgett, Robert B ^a   Boucot, Arthur J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biogeography; Brachiopods; Devonian; Late Emsian; Stratigraphy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EMSIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; SHELLABARGER PASS; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 0033497615     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043222     Document Type: Article

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