Aspects of recent advances in the Ordovician stratigraphy and palaeontology of China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Zhan, Ren Bin ^a   Jin, Jisuo ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity change; China; GSSP; Ordovician; Palaeontology; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRACHIOPOD; FOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHANGSHA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUANGNITANG; HUNAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM; ZHEJIANG;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 41449084302     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2007.10.001     Document Type: Review

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