Palaeoecology of the Ordovician radiation; resolution of large-scale patterns with individual clade histories, palaeogeography and environments

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Droser, Mary L ^a   Sheehan, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ordovician radiation; Palaeoecology; Shell beds

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744498950     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80027-7     Document Type: Article

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