A mixed isograptid-didymograptid graptolite assemblage from the Middle Ordovician of West Gondwana (NW Bolivia): Implications for graptolite paleoecology

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1114-1126

  Mitchell, Charles ^a   Brussa, Edsel D ^b   Maletz, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; COOL WATER; GONDWANA; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; WATER MASS;

BOLIVIA; CONSATA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDYMOGRAPTUS; PARISOGRAPTUS;

EID: 56849088916     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06-069.1     Document Type: Article

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