Palaeobiogeography of Ordovician echinoderms

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-198

  Lefebvre, Bertrand ^a   Sumrall, Colin D ^b   Shroat Lewis, Rene A ^b   Reich, Mike ^c   Webster, Gary D ^d   Hunter, Aaron W ^c,e   Nardin, Elise ^f   Rozhnov, Sergei V ^g   Guensburg, Thomas E ^h   Touzeau, Alexandra ^a   Noailles, Fleur ⁱ   Sprinkle, James ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^f OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^g PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h Rock Valley College   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BALTICA; BIODIVERSITY; ECHINODERM; FAUNA; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

ASTEROZOA; BLASTOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOZOA; EDRIOASTEROIDEA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 84889657196     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M38.14     Document Type: Article

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