Early Sandbian (Late Ordovician) conodonts from the Yenwashan Formation, western Zhejiang, South China

Alcheringa

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-161

  Zhen, Yong Yi ^a   Zhang, Yuandong ^b   Percival, Ian G ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Late ordovician; Sandbian; South china; Yenwashan formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349918988     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510902844160     Document Type: Article

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