Restudy of some Ordovician-Silurian boundary graptolites from Anticosti Island, Canada, and their biostratigraphic significance

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Melchin, Michael J ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticoste Island; Graptolites; Hirnantian; Ordovician; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONODONT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PALYNOMORPH; SHELL; TAXONOMY;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

NORMALOGRAPTIDAE; NORMALOGRAPTUS PERSCULPTUS;

EID: 43549102415     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00045.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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