Middle Llandovery (Aaeronian) graptolites of the Western Murzuq Basin and Al Qarqaf Arch Region, South-West Libya

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-112

  Štorch, Petr ^a   Massa, Dominique ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Graptolites; Libya; Palaeobiogeography; Silurian; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

LEPTOTHECA; PARACLIMACOGRAPTUS;

EID: 33645062913     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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