Taxonomyand biostratigraphic record of the uppertriassic conodonts of the pizzo mondello section (western sicily, italy), gssp candidate for the base of the norian

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-130

  Mazza, Michele ^a   Rigo, Manuel ^b   Gullo, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Car nian Norian boundary; Conodonts; GSSP; Pizzo mondello; Upper triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MORPHOTYPE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NORIAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ITALY; SICILY;

EPIGONDOLELLA; HALOBIA AUSTRIACA; MISIKELLA;

EID: 84861405274     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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