Post-extinction brachiopod faunas from the Late Permian Wuchiapingian coal series of South China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-363

  Chen, Zhong Qiang ^a   Campi, Monica J ^b   Shi, Guang R ^b   Kaiho, Kunio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Faunal recovery; Guadalupian; Lopingian; Mass extinction; Permian; South China; Wuchiapingian

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN;

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

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 21444457455     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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