Taxonomic reassessment of two virgianid brachiopod genera from the Upper Ordovician and Lower Silurian of South China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-82

  Jin, Jisuo ^a   Zhan, Ren Bin ^b   Rong, Jia Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; FOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHIOPODA; PENTAMERIDINA; PENTAMEROIDEA; STRICKLANDIOIDEA;

EID: 29944436877     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0072:TROTVB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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