Brachiopods from the uppermost Lower Ordovician of Peru and their palaeogeographical significance

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 547-562

  Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos ^a   Villas, Enrique ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arenig; Brachiopoda; Celtic Province; Gondwana; Ordovician; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 37249086704     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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