Limitations on the application of the Devonian standard conodont zonation

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Bultynck, Pierre ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composite standard; Devonian; Graphic correlation; Standard zonations

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MESOTAXIS; PALMATOLEPIS; SIPHONODELLA;

EID: 38949152647     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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