Conodonts from the Rupasca Formation (Lower Ordovician) at Angosto de Chucalezna, Jujuy Oriental Cordillera: New biostratigraphical evidence for a classic locality of northwestern Argentina;Conodontes de la Formación Rupasca (Ordovícico Inferior) en el Angosto de Chucalezna, Cordillera Oriental de Jujuy: Nuevos elementos bioestratigráficos para una localidad clásica del noroeste argentino

Ameghiniana

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-310

  Albanesi, Guillermo L ^a   Aceñolaza, Guillermo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Conodonts; Eastern Cordillera; Lower Ordovician; Rupasca Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; FOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; TYPE LOCALITY;

ARGENTINA; JUJUY; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DREPANOISTODUS; PALTODUS DELTIFER;

EID: 24144481485     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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