Cambrian agnostoid trilobites from Mendoza, Argentina: A systematic revision and biostratigraphic implications

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-86

  Tortello, M Franco ^a   Bordonaro, Osvaldo L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Ctr Regl de Invest Cie y Tec   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSTOID; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

ARGENTINA, MENDOZA PROVINCE;

EID: 0030618610     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002233600003897X     Document Type: Article

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