An Ordovician vertebrate from western New South Wales, with comments on Cambro-Ordovician vertebrate distribution patterns

Alcheringa

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-89

  Young, Gavin C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arandaspis; Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Ordovician vertebrates; Rowena Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FISH; ORDOVICIAN; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ARANDASPIS; SACABAMBASPIS; TRILOBITOMORPHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 62249212093     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510802618326     Document Type: Article

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