Quantitative analysis of epizoans on Silurian stromatoporoids within the Brassfield Formation

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 394-403

  Lebold, Joseph G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SILURIAN;

FAIRBORN; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ABERRANTIDAE; ANNELIDA; BRYOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; STROMATOPOROIDEA;

EID: 0034099558     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0394:QAOEOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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