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A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera

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Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20

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