Brachiopods from Cordón de Lila, lower silurian (llandovery) quebrada ancha formation, antofagasta region, Chile

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 84, 2010, Pages 287-307

  Niemeyer, Hans ^a   Alvarez, Fernando ^b   Boucot, Arthur J ^c   Bruna, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Chile; Hindella; Llandovery; Morphological variation; Quebrada ancha formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650116895     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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