Onset of the Ordovician cephalopod radiation - Evidence from the Rochdale Formation (middle Early Ordovician, Stairsian) in eastern New York

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-520

  Kröger, Björn ^a,b   Landing, Ed ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Early Ordovician; Evolution; Laurentia; New York

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODS; EARLY ORDOVICIAN; EVOLUTION; LAURENTIA; NEW YORK;

MOLLUSCS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CEPHALOPOD; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NEW TAXON; ORDOVICIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; THROMBOLITE;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CEPHALOPODA; NAUTILIDA;

EID: 46649111306     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808004585     Document Type: Article

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