Growth, function, and the conodont fossil record

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-254

  Donoghue, Philip C J ^a,b   Purnell, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

FOSSIL RECORDS; IN-VIVO; PALEOECOLOGY; RECURRENT PATTERNS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALS;

FOSSIL RECORD;

CONODONTA;

EID: 84874960448     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0251:GFATCF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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