Early ordovician shift in REEF construction from microbial to metazoan reefs

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Adachi, Natsuko ^a   Ezaki, Yoichi ^b   Liu, Jianbo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

reef

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; MICROBIALITE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; REEF; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPONGE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

BRYOZOA; LITHISTIDA; METAZOA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 79551521519     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-097r     Document Type: Article

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