Eubiostratigraphic units, quasibiostratigraphic units, and “assemblage zones”

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 761-775

  Walsh, Stephen L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

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EID: 0035526719     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0761:EUQUAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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