Devonian monospecific assemblages: New insights into the ecology of reduced-oxygen depositional settings

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-333

  Boyer, Diana L ^a   Droser, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Black shales; Brachiopods; Dysaerobic; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; RHYNCHONELLIDA;

EID: 35949004400     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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