Biofacies recurrence in the Middle Devonian of New York State: An example with implications for evolutionary paleoecology

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-324

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Bartholomew, Alexander J ^a,b   Baird, Gordon C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BIOFACIES; BRACHIOPOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TAXONOMY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34548238650     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-027r     Document Type: Article

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