Biometry, systematics and biogeography of the late Cambrian trilobite Maladioidella abdita

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 247-256

  Rushton, Adrian W A ^a   Hughes, Nigel C ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; biometrics; Cambrian; retrodeformation; trilobites

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; CAMBRIAN; MALADIOIDELLA ABDITA; SYNONYMY; SYSTEMATICS; TRILOBITE;

UK, WALES;

EID: 0030485147     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300007653     Document Type: Article

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