Cambrian and Ordovician biogeography of the South American margin of Gondwana and accreted terranes

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 325, Issue , 2009, Pages 201-232

  Benedetto, J L ^a   Vaccari, N E ^a   Waisfeld, B G ^a   Sanchez T M ^a   Foglia, R D ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE ROCK; CRATON; FAUNA; GONDWANA; ISLAND ARC; LIMESTONE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; TERRANE; TRILOBITE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

BATHYURIDAE; BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; NISUSIA; OLENIDAE; ONYCHOPYGE; PLETHOPELTIS; RHYNCHONELLIFORMEA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 74949142596     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP325.11     Document Type: Article

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