Graptolites from the upper ordovician and lower silurian of Jordan

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 78, 2007, Pages 1-66

  Loydell, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Gondwana; Graptolite; Jordan; Middle east; Ordovician; Silurian

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849086192     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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