Conodont fauna and biostratigraphy of the Outram, Skoki, and Owen Creek Formations (Lower to Middle Ordovician), Wilcox Pass, Alberta, Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 958-976

  Pyle, Leanne J ^a,b   Barnes, Christopher R ^a   Ji, Zailiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; TAXONOMY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; WILCOX PASS;

ACODUS KECHIKAENSIS; CONODONTA; FILODONTUS; FLABELLUM; HISTIODELLA ALTIFRONS; HISTIODELLA HOLODENTATA; HISTIODELLA SINUOSA; JUMUDONTUS GANANDA; LEPTOCHIROGNATHUS WILCOXI; MICROZARKODINA FLABELLUM; OEPIKODUS COMMUNIS; OEPIKODUS EVAE; PARACORDYLODUS GRACILIS; PAROISTODUS; PAROISTODUS ORIGINALIS; PAROISTODUS PROTEUS; PHRAGMODUS PRE-FLEXUOSUS; ROSSODUS; SCOLOPODUS SUBREX; TRIPODUS LAEVIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141648591     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0958:CFABOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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