Distribution and Diversity of Carboniferous and Permian Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas in Western North America: Clues for Placement of Allochthonous Terranes
Colonial rugose corals are common in western cratonal North America and in some of the allochthonous terranes, now amalgamated against its western margin. Throughout the Late Paleozoic, the coral faunas in these two different settings were significantly different. Comparisons of these faunas suggest...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences2020042 https://doaj.org/article/26c23f6e9d704c03bef4dbb1713c62fc |