The oldest bryozoans: New evidence from the Late Tremadocian (early Ordovician) of east Yangtze gorges in China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1308-1326

  Xia, Feng Sheng ^a   Zhang, Sen Gui ^a   Wang, Zong Zhe ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENIGIAN; BRYOZOAN; CONODONT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TREMADOCIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THREE GORGES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOZOA; CRYPTOSTOMATA; PALTODUS DELTIFER;

EID: 36248996024     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/04-128.1     Document Type: Article

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