Constraining functional hypotheses: Controls on the morphology of the concavo-convex brachiopod Rafinesquina

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-307

  Leighton, Lindsey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concavo convex brachiopods; Functional morphology; Indiana; Ordovician; Rafinesquina

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; ORDOVICIAN;

UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; STROPHOMENA; STROPHOMENOIDEA;

EID: 0032436305     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00519.x     Document Type: Article

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