Brachiopod diversification during the Early-Mid Ordovician: An example from the Dawan Formation, Yichang area, central China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-24

  Zhan, Renbin ^a   Jin, Jisuo ^b   Chen, Pengfei ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOZONE; BRACHIOPOD; DIVERSIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BRACHIOPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ORDOVICIAN; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; YANGTZE PLATFORM; YICHANG;

AZYGOGRAPTUS SUECICUS; BRACHIOPODA; ORTHOIDEA; PENTAMEROIDEA;

EID: 34249887390     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-069     Document Type: Article

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