Conodont fauna and biostratigraphy of the Honghuayuan Formation (Early Ordovician) of Guizhou, South China

Alcheringa

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-295

  Zhen, YONG YI ^a   Percival, IAN G ^b   Liu, Jian Bo ^c   Zhang, Yuan Dong ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Early Ordovician; Guizhou; Honghuayuan Formation; South China; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CONODONT; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ORDOVICIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

CORNUODUS; DREPANODUS ARCUATUS; JUANOGNATHUS VARIABILIS; OISTODUS LANCEOLATUS; PALTODUS; PRIONIODUS;

EID: 70349970238     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510903043655     Document Type: Article

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