Non-marine Permian biostratigraphy and biochronology: An introduction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 265, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-14

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Schneider, Joerg W ^b   Cassinis, Giussepe ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMIAN; RADIONUCLIDE; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD; TIME SERIES;

AFRICA; ASIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BIVALVIA; CHARACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OSTRACODA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33845691517     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.265.01.01     Document Type: Article

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