Systematics and paleoecology of Late Cambrian echinoderms from the western United States

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1091-1109

  Sumrall, Colin D ^b   Sprinkle, James ^c   Guensburg, Thomas E ^a  

^a Rock Valley College   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; PALAEOECOLOGY;

(WEST); USA;

EID: 0031414423     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000036052     Document Type: Article

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