A new brachiopod fauna from the Early to Middle Permian of Southern Qinghai Province, northwest China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 811-822

  He, Weihong ^a   Shi, G R ^b   Bu, Jianjun ^a,c   Niu, Zhijun ^a,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; PERMIAN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; QINGHAI; ZHIDOI;

ATTENELLA; BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 47949117289     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07-074.1     Document Type: Article

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