Palaeobiogeographic implications of Middle Permian brachiopods from Johore (Peninsular Malaysia)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 523-538

  Sone, Masatoshi ^a   Metcalfe, Ian ^a   Leman, Mohd Shafeea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Malaysia; Paleobiogeography; Permian

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE;

BRACHIOPODS; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SHALLOW WATERS; SOUTHERN THAILAND; TIME-PERIODS;

ANIMALS;

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIGRATION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; TETHYS;

JAHORE; MALAYSIA;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 0242583201     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803007854     Document Type: Article

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