The sequence stratigraphic and environmental context of primitive vertebrates: Harding sandstone, Upper Ordovician, Colorado, USA

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 518-533

  Allulee, Jessica L ^a   Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; PTERASPIDOMORPHI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 29244455038     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2003.p03-120     Document Type: Article

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