Lower Ordovician faunas, stratigraphy, and sea-level history of the middle Beekmantown Group, Northeastern New York

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 958-980

  Landing, Ed ^a   Westrop, Stephen R ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DOLOSTONE; FAUNA; ORDOVICIAN; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIDIPHORUS; BENTHAMASPIS; CAROLINITES; CHITINOZOA; OEPIKODUS EVAE; REUTTERODUS ANDINUS; ROSSODUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33749468497     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[958:LOFSAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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