The first shelly fauna from metamorphic rocks of the Sierras Pampeanas (La Cébila Formation, Sierra de Ambato, Argentina): Age and paleogeographic implications

Ameghiniana

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 493-498

  Verdecchia, Sebastián O ^a   Baldos, Edgardo G ^a   Benedetto, Juan L ^a   Borghi, Pablo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; FOSSIL RECORD; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SHELL; TRILOBITE;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250201068     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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