Ordovician conodonts and stratigraphy of the ST. Peter sandstone and glen wood shale, central United States

Bulletins of American Paleontology

Volumn 2005, Issue 369, 2005, Pages 53-91

  Witzke, Brian J ^a   Metzger, Ronald A ^b  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b Southwestern Oregon Community College   (United States)

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BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PEDOLOGICAL FEATURE; SANDSTONE; SHALE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

IOWA; KANSAS; MIDCONTINENT; MINNESOTA; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAHABAGNATHUS; EOPLACOGNATHUS; ERISMODUS; PHRAGMODUS; PLECTODINA;

EID: 33750935916     PISSN: 00075779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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