Stratigraphic versus environmental significance of Permian serrated conodonts around the Cisuralian - Guadalupian boundary: New evidence from Oman

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 301-328

  Henderson, Charles M ^a   Mei, Shilong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Oman; Paleoecology; Pangea; Permian; Provincialism

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

OMAN;

AMMONOIDEA; BOLORIA; CEPHALOPODA; CONODONTA; FUSULINACEA; JINOGONDOLELLA; MESOGONDOLELLA IDAHOENSIS; MESOGONDOLELLA SICILIENSIS; WAAGENOCERAS;

EID: 0037456359     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00669-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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