Cornulitid epibionts on brachiopod shells from the Late Ordovician (middle Ashgill) of East China

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-108

  Zhan, Renbin ^a   Vinn, Olev ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Cornulitids; Ordovician; South China

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BRACHIOPOD; EPIBIONT; ORDOVICIAN; SHELL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHIOPODA; CORNULITES;

EID: 34447648195     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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