A varied Middle Ordovician sponge spicule assemblage from Western Newfoundland

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 386-393

  Zhang, X I Guang ^a   Pratt, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; SPICULE; SPONGE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; PORT AU PORT PENINSULA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034027389     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000031668     Document Type: Article

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