Latest middle Permian conodonts from the Apache mountains, West Texas

Micropaleontology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 149-184

  Wardlaw, Bruce R ^a   Nestell, Merlynd K ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; EVOLUTION; GUADALUPIAN; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TYPE SECTION;

APACHE MOUNTAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CLARKINA;

EID: 77957287547     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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