Late Ordovician - Early Silurian cryptospore occurrences on Anticosti Island (Île d'Anticosti), Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Richardson, Jeffery G ^a   Ausich, William I ^b  

^a Department of Community Education and Workforce Development   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTOZOA; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CRYPTOSPORE; PALYNOMORPHS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOMORPH; SILURIAN; SPORE;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EMBRYOPHYTA; VELATITETRAS;

EID: 34249885859     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-100     Document Type: Article

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