Lissoepikodus nudus gen. et sp. nov. and Oepikodus cleftus sp. nov., new septimembrate conodont taxa from the Early Ordovician of Australia and Nevada

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 245, 2003, Pages 427-461

  Nicoll, Robert S ^a   Ethington, Raymond L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conodont biostratigraphy; Early Ordovician; Element morphology; Oepikodontidae

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BALTONIODUS; LISSOEPIKODUS NUDUS; OEPIKODUS CLEFTUS; PRIONIODUS;

EID: 1842526883     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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