Earliest Wuchiapingian (Lopingian, Late permian) brachiopods in southern Hunan, South China: Implications for the pre-lopingian crisis and onset of lopingian recovery/radiation

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 924-937

  Shen, Shu Zhong ^a   Zhang, Yi Chun ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; CEPHALOPOD; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOLOGY; PERMIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; CLARKINA;

EID: 52649178399     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07-118.1     Document Type: Review

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