Graphical refinement of the conodont database: examples and a plea

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SWEET, W.C. 2005. Graphical refinement of the conodont database: examples and a plea. In PURNELL, M.A. and DONOGHUE, P.C.J (eds.) Conodont Biology and Phylogeny: Interpreting the Fossil Record. Special Papers in Palaeontology73, 135–141.

Walter C. Sweet
  • Walter C. Sweet - Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA (e-mail: sweet4@mindspring.com)

An example from the North American Ordovician is used to contrast temporal and geographical scales developed biozonally and graphically. Other biostratigraphical studies that involve data assembled graphically are cited, and a plea is directed to students of conodonts to assemble and evaluate their data graphically, or at least to present the data in a form that can be used by others.

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