Ecological signature of Lower Triassic shell beds of the Western United States

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 372-380

  Boyer, Diana L ^a   Bottjer, David J ^b   Droser, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SHELL BED; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; LINGULA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 4544361651     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0372:ESOLTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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