Faunal specificity, endemism and paleobiogeography: The post-glacial (Hirnantian-early Rhuddanian) graptolite fauna of the North-African border of Gondwana: a case study

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-367

  Legrand, Philippe ^a  

^a Tauzia   (France)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Gondwana; Graptolites; Hirnantian; Paleobiogeography; Rhuddanian

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; FAUNA; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; GRAPTOLITE; HIRNANTIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

PARAKIDOGRAPTUS ACUMINATUS;

EID: 70350639631     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.4.353     Document Type: Article

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