The oldest bryozoan reefs: A unique Early Ordovician skeletal framework construction

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-23

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

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOZOAN; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; GROWTH; ORDOVICIAN; REEF; SPONGE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

BRYOZOA; LITHISTIDA;

EID: 83455175666     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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