Callipterid peltasperms of the dunkard group, central appalachian basin

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-78

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Kerp, Hans ^b   Sirmons, Roberta ^a   Fedorko, Nick ^c   Skema, Viktoras ^d   Blake, Bascombe M ^e   Cecil, C Blaine ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Cove Geological Services ^*  (United States)

^d Pennsylvania Geological Survey   (United States)

^e West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callipterids; Dunkard; Paleoclimate; Paleoecology; Pennsylvanian; Permian

Indexed keywords

CALLIPTERIDS; DUNKARD; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIANS; PERMIAN;

ANIMALS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOFACIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PERMIAN; SILTSTONE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; OHIO; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CALLIPTERIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84886084579     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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