Early Ordovician (Arenig) brachiopods from volcaniclastic rocks of the Famatina Range, northwest Argentina

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-242

  Benedetto, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENIGIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; TAXONOMY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARGENTINA; FAMATINA RANGE;

BRACHIOPODA; CAMERELLA; CROSSISKENIDIUM STELZNERI; DESMORTHIS BIFURCATA; FAMATINORTHIS; FAMATINORTHIS TURNERI; FFYNNONIA FAMATINENSIS; HESPERONOMIA ORIENTALIS; HESPERONOMIELLA ARCUATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLESELLA; MONORTHIS TRANSVERSA; OEPIKODUS EVAE; ORTHIDA; ORTHOIDEA; PANDERINA AMBIGUA; PARALENORTHIS RIOJANUS; PARALENORTHIS SURIENSIS; PINATOTOECHIA ACANTHA; PRODUCTORTHIS ANGULENSIS; PROTOSKENIDIOIDES REVELATA; RUGOSTROPHIA PROTOANDINA; SKENIDIOIDES KAYSERI; SURIORTHIS; TRIGONOSTROPHIA; TRITOECHIA; TRITOECHIA MOLLESENSIS;

EID: 0037355586     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0212:EOABFV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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