The Ordovician radiation

American Scientist

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 122-131

  Droser, Mary L ^a,b,c   Fortey, Richard A ^d,e   Li, Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNAL RADIATION; ICHNOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029774207     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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