Nucularcidae: A new family of palaeotaxodont Ordovician pelecypods (Mollusca) from North America and Australia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1479-1501

  Pojeta Jr , John ^a   Stott, Christopher A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; ROCKS;

CINGULATA; GORENSIS; LORRAINENSIS; PALAEOTAXODONT ORDOVICIAN PELECYPODS; PECTUNCULOIDES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DENTITION; MOLLUSC; NEW GENUS; ORDOVICIAN; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; CINCINNATIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 38049094324     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-028     Document Type: Article

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