The end-Ordovician chitinozoan zones of Anticosti Island, Québec: Definition and stratigraphic position

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-109

  Achab, Aicha ^a   Asselin, Esther ^b   Desrochers, André ^c   Riva, John F ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chitinozoans; Ellis Bay Formation; Hirnantian; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; CARBONATE PLATFORM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAPTOLITE; HIRNANTIAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OUTCROP; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANCYROCHITINA; BELONECHITINA; CHITINOZOA; CLATHROCHITINA; SPINACHITINA TAUGOURDEAUI;

EID: 84884341412     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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