Orientation and anatomical notation in conodonts

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-122

  Purnell, Mark A ^a   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a,b   Aldridge, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; ORIENTATION;

CONODONTA;

EID: 0033973055     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000031292     Document Type: Article

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