Cambrian trilobites from Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, and their stratigraphic implications

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 363-387

  Cooper, R A ^a   Jago, J B ^b   Begg, J G ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowers Terrane; Cambrian; Houliston Glacier; Lateral facies change; Molar Formation; New biostratigraphic names; Notoaphelaspis horizontalissp. nov; Reillopleura braddockigen. et sp. nov; Reilly Ridge; Spurs Formation; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; MOLAR FORMATION; SPURS FORMATION; TRILOBITE;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0030499542     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514720     Document Type: Article

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