Early Carboniferous athyridid brachiopods from the Qaidam Basin, northwest China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 844-862

  Chen, Zhong Qiang ^a,b   Shi, G R ^a   Zhan, Li Pei ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONIFEROUS; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN;

ATHYRIDIDA; BRACHIOPODA; BRUNTONATHYRIS AMUNIKEENSIS; BRUNTONATHYRIS HEIJIANSHANENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; LAMELLOSATHYRIS QAIDAMENSIS; LOCHENGIA QINGHAIENSIS;

EID: 0141537346     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0844:ECABFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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