New chitinozoans from the historical type area of the Hirnantian stage and additional key sections in the Wye Valley, Wales, UK

Geological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-414

  Vandenbroucke, Thijs R A ^a,b   Hennissen, Jan ^a   Zalasiewicz, Jan A ^c   Verniers, Jacques ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chitinozoans; Hirnantian; Stratotype; Upper Ordovician; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749157449     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1109     Document Type: Article

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