Conodont faunas from the mid to late ordovician boundary interval of the Wahringa Limestone Member (Fairbridge Volcanics), Central New South Wales

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 125, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-164

  Zhen, Y Y ^a   Percival, I G ^b   Webby, B D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Fairbridge Volcanics; Late Ordovician (Gisbornian); Mid Ordovician (Darriwilian); Wahringa Limestone Member

Indexed keywords

BELODINA; BELODINA COMPRESSA;

EID: 2442667207     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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