Environmental disruptions influence taxonomic composition of brachiopod paleocommunities in the middle permian bell canyon formation (Delaware Basin, West Texas)

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-259

  Fall, Leigh M ^a   Olszewski, Thomas D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CANYON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MODEL TEST; ORDINATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PERMIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

DELAWARE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 77949580376     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-091r     Document Type: Article

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