Ordovician and Silurian chitinozoan biozones of western Gondwana

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-529

  Grahn, Yngve ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biozonation; Chitinozoa; Gondwana; Ordovician; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; CHITINOZOA; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN;

BIOZONATION; GONDWANA; MICROFOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTIST; SILURIAN;

ACRITARCHA; BELONECHITINA POSTROBUSTA; CHITINOZOA; CONOCHITINA; DESMOCHITINA; FUNGOCHITINA; SPHAEROCHITINA; SPINACHITINA;

EID: 33746656145     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680600207X     Document Type: Article

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