A trilobite fauna from the highest Shineton Shales in Shropshire, and the correlation of the latest Tremadoc

Geological Magazine

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 437-464

  Owens, R M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOZONE; FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW TAXON; SHELF CONDITIONS; SHINETON SHALES; TAXONOMIC REVISION; TREMADOC; TRILOBITE;

UK, ENGLAND, SHROPSHIRE;

EID: 0026306518     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800018616     Document Type: Article

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