A natural assemblage of Ellisonia sp. cf. E. triassica Müller (Vertebrata: Conodonta) from the uppermost Permian in the Suzuka Mountains, central Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 241-253

  Koike, Toshio ^a   Yamakita, Satoshi ^b   Kadota, Naoki ^c  

^a Miyazaki University ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conodonta; Ellisonia; Japan; Mt. Ryozen area; Nabejiriyama section; Natural assemblage; Permian and Triassic boundary

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS; CONODONTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13644279569     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.8.241     Document Type: Article

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