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Darriwilian to Sandbian (Ordovician) Graptolites from Northwest China provides information on the exquisite, mostly pyritic graptolites of middle to late Ordovician from North China and Tarim, China. These locations have developed the world's most complete successions of strata and fossil records. The book provides the first systematic account of the renowned graptolite faunas with over 100 species belonging to 45 genera and 15 families preserved in black shale and limestone, with plentiful figures, camera-lucida illustrations, and color photos of graptolites. The book presents many aspects of the graptolites during the critical transition from middle to late Ordovician, including new morphologies, classifications of latest convention, diversity change and evolutions, and refined biostratigraphy divisions and correlation with other major regions or continents. It is useful for paleontologists, stratigraphic specialists, petroleum geologists, and graduate students of various fields in geology. * Presents the first monograph of the middle to late Ordovician graptolites from Northwest China* Offers four color figures and photos throughout* Incorporates knowledge and opinions from many top influential Ordovician graptolite and conodont paleontologists

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Earth sciences Palaeontology

• Full title: Darriwilian to Katian (Ordovician) Graptolites from Northwest China
• Author: XU Chen
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 370
• EAN: 9780128009734
• ISBN: 012800973X
• ID: 04495960
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Weight: 1220 g
• Dimensions: 276 × 216 × 38 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. December 2016

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