Cephalopods and paleoenvironments of the fort cassin formation (upper lower Ordovician), eastern New York and adjacent Vermont

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 664-693

  Kröger, Björn ^a,b   Landing, Ed ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopoda; Fort Cassin Formation; Lower Ordovician; New York; Ordovician Radiation; Vermont

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOFACIES; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOFACIES; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; THROMBOLITE;

CANADA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

CEPHALOPODA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77955280442     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-181.1     Document Type: Article

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