Middle cambrian fossils from tizi N'tichka, the high atlas, morocco. Part 1. Introduction and trilobites

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 620-637

  Geyer, Gerd ^a   Malinky, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMRBIAN; TRILOBITE;

HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

EID: 0031422595     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000040117     Document Type: Article

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