Utility and validity of middle and late triassic 'land vertebrate faunachrons'

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-87

  Rayfield, Emily J ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b   Milner, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; GIS; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65349088440     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0132     Document Type: Article

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