Silurian graptolites of the spiralis and lapworthi biozones (upper Telychian, Llandovery) in the Sulcis area, SW Sardinia

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 97-107

  Štorch, Petr ^a   Serpagli, Enrico ^b   Barca, Sebastiano ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graptolites; Italy; Silurian; SW Sardinia; Telychian; Upper Llandovery

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; GRAPTOLITE; LLANDOVERIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; SILURIAN;

ITALY;

GRAPTOLITHINA; GRAPTOLOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036999692     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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