Early ordovician trilobites from Dali, West Yunnan, China, and their palaeogeographical significance

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-460

  Zhiyi, Zhou ^a   Dean, William T ^b,c   Huilin, Luo ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

CHINA;

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