A rare occurrence of serrate conodont elements of panderodus ethington in the middle ordovician 'Täljsten' interval at kinnekulle, South Sweden

GFF

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Mellgren, Johanna I S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Kinnekulle; Middle ordovician; Panderodus; Serrate elemen; Sweden; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; MORPHOTYPE; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN; TAXONOMY;

KINNEKULLE; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

PANDERODUS;

EID: 78649715869     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2010.519440     Document Type: Article

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