Tremadocian (Lower Ordovician) sea-level changes and biotas on the Avalon microcontinent

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 678-694

  Landing, Ed ^a   Fortey, Richard A ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalon; Bathysiphon; brachiopods; Cape Breton Island; chitinozoans; conodonts; Lower Ordovician; sea levels; Tremadocian; trilobites

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONODONT; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOFACIES; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MUDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELL; TRACE ELEMENT; TREMADOCIAN;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; ENGLAND; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASAPHIDA; BATHYSIPHON; BRACHIOPODA; CHITINOZOA; CREEDIIDAE; OLENIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 79960248846     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10-076.1     Document Type: Article

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