Stratigraphical and geographical distribution of Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) Crinoidea from England and Wales

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-109

  Ausich, W I ^a   Kammer, T W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DOMINANCE; FACIES; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MISSISSIPPIAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 33845586956     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.56.2.91     Document Type: Article

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