The biostratigraphical and palaeographical framework of the earliest diversification of tetrapods (Late Devonian)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 278, Issue , 2007, Pages 219-235

  Blieck, Alain ^a   Clement, G ^b   Blom, H ^b   Lelievre, H ^c   Luksevics, E ^d   Streel, M ^e   Thorez, J ^e   Young, G C ^f  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TETRAPOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548268100     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP278.10     Document Type: Article

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