The Frasnian-Famennian Conodont mass extinction and recovery in South China

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 463-493

  Cheng Yuan, Wang ^a   Ziegler, Willi ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conodonts; Frasnian Famennian; Mass extinction; Recovery; South China

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; RECOVERY;

(SOUTH); CHINA;

CONODONTA; ENTOVALVA; ICRIODUS ALTERNATUS; ICRIODUS DEFORMATUS; ICRIODUS PRAEALTERNATUS; PALMATOLEPIS PRAETRIANGULARIS; PALMATOLEPIS TRIANGULARIS;

EID: 0037203177     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03042948     Document Type: Article

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