Emergence and collapse of the Frasnian conodont and ammonoid communities in the holy cross mountains, Poland

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 565-650

  Dzik, Jerzy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea; Conodonta; Devonian; Evolution; Holy cross mountains; Poland

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FRASNIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

POLAND;

AMMONOIDEA; BELODELLA; CONODONTA; ENTOVALVA; ICRIODUS; POLYGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0036920587     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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