The biostratigraphical distribution of earliest tetrapods (Late Devonian): A revised version with comments on biodiversification

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 339, Issue , 2010, Pages 129-138

  Blieck, A ^a   Clement G ^b   Streel, M ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; MIOSPORE; OXYGEN; TETRAPOD;

ARCTIC; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 79960297843     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP339.11     Document Type: Article

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