Biogeography and Mass Extinction: Extirpation and re-invasion of Normalograptus species (Graptolithina) in the Late Ordovician Palaeotropics

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-246

  Goldman, Daniel ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b   Melchin, Michael J ^c   Fan, Junxuan ^d   Wu, Shuang Ye ^a   David Sheets, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAPTOLITE; MASS EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DIPLOGRAPTINA; GRAPTOLITHINA; NORMALOGRAPTIDAE;

EID: 84862907552     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: 20414811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.58.4.300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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