Late Ordovician to Early Silurian conodont faunas from the Kolyma Terrane, Omulev Mountains, northeast Russia, and their paleobiogeographic affinity

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 490-512

  Zhang, Shunxin ^a   Barnes, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CONODONT; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; RELATEDNESS; SILURIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; INA RIVER; KOLYMA RIVER; MAGADAN [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; ODER RIVER; OMULEV MOUNTAINS; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34248652123     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05077.1     Document Type: Article

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