Body size and diversity exemplified by three trilobite clades

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Trammer, Jerzy ^a   Kaim, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; DIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; TRILOBITE;

EID: 0030776499     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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