Endobiotic cornulitids in upper ordovician tabulate corals and stromatoporoids from Anticosti Island, Quebec

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 518-528

  Dixon, Owen A ^a  

^a McArthur's Mills ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticosti Island; Cornulitidae; Endobiota; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SHELL; SILURIAN;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANTHOZOA; CORNULITES; PALEOFAVOSITES; STROMATOPOROIDA;

EID: 77951991460     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-129.1     Document Type: Article

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