A new Late Permian brachiopod fauna from Tanggula, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its palaeogeographical implications

Alcheringa

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-132

  He, Weihong ^a   Bu, Jianjun ^b   Niu, Zhijun ^b   Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Faunal interchange; Late Permian; Palaeobiogeography; Tanggula

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749107188     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510902844137     Document Type: Article

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