Lowermost Silurian graptolites of Montagne Noire, France

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 938-956

  Štorch, Petr ^a   Feist, Raimund ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; EXTINCTION; GONDWANA; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOBIOLOGY; SILURIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; MONTAGNE NOIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ATAVOGRAPTUS; CYSTOGRAPTUS; CYSTOGRAPTUS VESICULOSUS; GABIA; HUTTAGRAPTUS; PARAKIDOGRAPTUS; PHYSOPHORA;

EID: 52649167897     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07-004.1     Document Type: Review

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