Asymmetry of early Paleozoic trilobites

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-110

  Smith, Loren H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CAMBRIAN; TRILOBITE;

TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0031668640     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00496.x     Document Type: Article

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