Paleoecologic associations and secondary tiering of Cornulites on crinoids and bivalves in the Upper Ordovician (Cincinnatian) of Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana, and Northern Kentucky

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 546-558

  Morris, Robert W ^a   Felton, Stephen H ^b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; TUBE DWELLER;

INDIANA; KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AMBONYCHIA; BIVALVIA; CINCINNATIA; CORNULITES; CRINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 0742319870     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0546:PAASTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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