Triassic conodonts and their role in stage boundary definition

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 334, Issue , 2010, Pages 139-161

  Orchard, Michael J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIAN; CONODONT; FAUNA; LADINIAN; NEW TAXON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; TETHYS; TIMESCALE; TRIASSIC;

AMMONOIDEA; ANISIA; EPIGONDOLELLA; HINDEODUS PARVUS; MISIKELLA; NEOGONDOLELLA;

EID: 77956039115     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP334.7     Document Type: Article

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