Brachiopods and their response to the Early-Middle Frasnian biogeochemical perturbations on the South Polish carbonate shelf

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-678

  Baliński, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Carbon isotopes; Diversity dynamic; Flabellulirostrum; Fransnian; Poland; Thomasaria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BRACHIOPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; FRASNIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSTOMLOTY; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND; SILESIA; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; UPPER SILESIA; WIETRZNIA;

BRACHIOPODA; DISCINOIDEA; PALMATOLEPIS; PALMATOLEPIS PUNCTATA; RHYNCHONELLIDA;

EID: 33751411670     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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