Paleoecologic and taxonomic implications of Sphenothallus and Sphenothallus-like specimens from Ohio and areas adjacent to Ohio

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-380

  Neal, Maxwell Lewis ^a,b   Hannibal, Joseph T ^a  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; MISSISSIPPIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA; ENTOVALVA; INVERTEBRATA; SPHENOTHALLUS;

EID: 0034066934     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000031644     Document Type: Article

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