Protosalvinia dawson and associated conodonts of the Upper trachytera Zone, famennian, Upper devonian, in the eastern United States

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-79

  Over, D Jeffrey ^a   Lazar, Remus ^b   Baird, Gordon C ^c   Schieber, Juergen ^d   Ettensohn, Frank R ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; FAMENNIAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRACHYTE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849132383     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-058R.1     Document Type: Article

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