The stratigraphic distribution of fossils in a tropical carbonate succession: Ordovician Bighorn Dolomite, Wyoming, USA

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 303-317

  Holland, Steven M ^a   Patzkowsky, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE; DOLOMITE; FACIES; FLOODING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOBIOLOGY; PARASEQUENCE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANTHOZOA; CRINOIDEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 67650696007     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-095r     Document Type: Article

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