Morphologic variation within and among populations of the camerate crinoid Agaricocrinus (Lower Mississippian, Kentucky and Tennessee): Breaking the spell of the mushroom

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 896-917

  Meyer, David L ^a   Ausich, William I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICOCRINUS; CRINOID; MISSISSIPPIAN;

KENTUCKY; TENNESSEE; USA;

EID: 0031428564     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000035824     Document Type: Article

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