An upper ordovician chitinozoan biozonation in British Avalonia (England and Wales)

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-294

  Vandenbroucke, Thijs R A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ashgill; Biostratigraphy; Caradoc; Chitinozoans; England; Ordovician; Type area; Wales

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHITINOZOA;

EID: 49449104144     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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