Origin and evolution of the early Silurian (Rhuddanian) virgianid pentameride brachiopods - The extinction recovery fauna from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Jin, Jisuo ^a   Copper, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Early silurian; Evolution; Rhuddanian; Virgianidae

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; DEEP WATER; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SHELL; SILURIAN;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRACHIOPODA; CLORINDA;

EID: 77958565391     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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