Graptolite faunas and monaxonid demosponges of the Cyrtograptus lundgreni event (late Wenlock, Silurian) interval from the Orange district, New South Wales

Alcheringa

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-395

  Muir, Lucy A ^a   Botting, Joseph P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Demospongea; Extinction; Graptolithina; Hexactinellida; Porifera

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAPTOLITE; NEW RECORD; SILURIAN; SPONGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CERACTINOMORPHA; CYRTOGRAPTUS LUNDGRENI; DEMOSPONGIAE; GRAPTOLITHINA; GRAPTOLOIDEA; HEXACTINELLIDA; MONOGRAPTIDAE; PORIFERA; RETIOLITIDAE;

EID: 41749122634     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510701641148     Document Type: Article

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