Silicified trilobites of the genus Sphaerocoryphe from the Middle Ordovician of Virginia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 770-788

  Tripp, Ronald P ^a   Rudkin, David M ^a   Evitt, William R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; SPHAEROCORYPHE; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

USA, VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030732048     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-064     Document Type: Article

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