Disrupted conodont bedding plane assemblages, upper Bakken Formation (Lower Mississippian) from the subsurface of western Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 774-789

  Johnston, David I ^a   Henderson, Charles M ^b  

^a University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONODONT; MICROFOSSIL; MISSISSIPPIAN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONODONTA;

EID: 21444436895     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0774:DCBPAU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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