Disentangling allometry and response to Kellwasser anoxic events in the Late Devonian conodont genus Ancyrodella

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-394

  Girard, Catherine ^a,b   Renaud, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Extinction; Fourier analysis; Frasnian; Morphometrics; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CONODONT; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FRASNIAN; MORPHOMETRY; MORTALITY; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 56349132339     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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